Israel Reiterates Fears over Syrian Regime Transfer of Chemical Weapons to Hizbullah

Israel reiterated concerns that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad might transfer its chemical weapons to Hizbuulah, urging the international community to prevent such an act.

“We are facing the frightening possibility that Hizbullah could soon get its hands on Assad's vast stockpiles of chemical weapons,” Israel's envoy to the U.N. Ron Prosor said during a Security Council meeting over counter-terrorism on Tuesday.

The Israeli ambassador called on the international community to swiftly act and prevent the Assad's chemical arsenal from falling into the hands of “terrorists.”

Israel's ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren warned in December that any possible transfer from the Syrian regime of chemical weapons to Hizbullah would be a "game-changer," and said that would be a "red line" for the Jewish state.

Prosor also lashed out at Iran for “sponsoring international terrorism” and providing Hizbullah with a huge arsenal of missiles.

The envoy said in December in a letter to the council, that Hizbullah is violating Security Council's resolution 1701 by “amassing 50,000 deadly missiles in Lebanon.”

The U.N. council “can't turn a blind eye to the states that sponsor, support and arm terrorists,” Prosor added.

The international community have continuously expressed fear that the regime of Assad might use chemical weapons against its people to end the revolt that erupted in March 2011.