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Con Coughlin
Con Coughlin is the Telegraph’s Defence Editor and a world-renowned expert on global security and terrorism issues. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books. His new book, Churchill’s First War: Young Winston and the fight against the Taliban, is published by Macmillan. He appears regularly on radio and television in Britain and America.
By Con Coughlin World Last updated: May 5th, 2013
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An Israeli F-16 I fighter jet takes off from the Negev desert (Photo: AFP)
Confirmation that Israeli warplanes have carried out a series of air strikes in Syria against consignments of missiles being shipped to Hizbollah in southern Lebanon has highlighted Iran’s attempts to reinforce its regional allies in anticipation of military conflict with Israel.
As I revealed last month, recent intelligence reports indicate that Iran has revived its efforts to ship weapons to the radical Hamas movement in Gaza. Following negotiations between members of the Quds force from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Sudanese government officials and Hamas leaders earlier this year, Iran has chartered a number of Boeing 747 cargo planes to smuggle weapons to Hamas via Sudan.
