Syria arrests group behind Mezzeh airport attacks

Syria said on Sunday it had detained ​a group behind recent rocket attacks on the Mezzeh military airport in Damascus, with investigators tracing the weapons to Iran-backed Hezbollah.



The ⁠interior ministry said security units arrested all members of the group, which ⁠it said had carried out several strikes on the airport in recent months, after surveillance of suspected launch sites in several areas of the capital.



The weapons used in the ⁠attacks originated from Lebanon’s Hezbollah, an ally of former President Bashar al-Assad that once had a large military presence across Syria supporting Assad’s army.



Hezbollah denied the allegations and said it had no activity or ties with any ⁠group inside Syria.



Authorities also seized a number of drones the group was preparing to use in further operations.



The ministry said only that the detainees had links to unidentified "foreign entities," without mentioning Hezbollah or Iran.