Iranian weapons smuggled in earthquake relief to Syria, says US intel leak.

Iran and its proxy groups have been smuggling weapons into Syria disguised as aid shipments sent after a devastating earthquake earlier this year, according to a classified US intelligence assessment. The weapons, including small arms, ammunition, and drones, were brought in convoys from Iraq organized by Iran-backed militias and the Quds Force. The report also said the aid shipments were complicating Israel’s targeting of arms deliveries for Iranian proxies. The United States has about 900 troops in posts across northeastern Syria to keep pressure on the remnants of the Islamic State group and support the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.