Turkey confirms seizure of Iranian arms shipment to Syria - Turkish diplomatic sources have confirmed that an arms shipment from Iran to Syria was intercepted by Turkey. = The report also said a search of the Iranian YasAir Cargo Airlines Ilyushin-76 revealed a number of “prohibited military items” -- 60 Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifles, 14 BKC/Bixi machine guns, nearly 8,000 rounds of BKC/AK-47 ammunition, 560 60 mm mortar shells and 1,288 120 mm mortar shells.

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