Concern is growing in the securitysystem about thesmuggling of advancedanti-aircraftsystemsandchemical and biological weaponsfrom Syriato Hizbullah,and the emptying of the Lebanese Shi'ite terror group's weapons repositories in Syria, according to a Tuesday morning report on Israel Defense Forces Radio.
Foreign ministerSergeiLavrov of Russia, which has sold some of the weaponry to Damascus, is scheduled to visit Syrian in an apparent attempt toformulatean agreementwith President Bashar Al-Assadto end his regime's violent attempts to suppress dissent.