The intricate scheme, spanning four continents, appears to justify concerns that the military arsenal of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed Syrian dictator, could fall into dangerous hands.

Syrian rebels seized Damascus on Sunday, and long-time President Bashar ... once an al-Qaeda affiliate, declared in a statement on state-owned TV that Syria was "free from the tyrant" Assad.

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