However, western governments believe Syria's original declaration was not complete and that it was holding some munitions and material back.
(Like many defence suppliers, it makes both weapons and anti-weapon systems).Moreover, some munitions can kill a tank crew without even penetrating the armour.
A Syrian military spokesman said only that Israeli planes had dropped some munitions in an unpopulated area after being challenged by Syrian air defenses, "which forced them to flee".
This appears to be a bakelite-like plastic — a sort commonly used in formerly Communist bloc weapons, including the stocks and hand-grips of rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers, and in the interior of some munitions.
Senior civilian American officials in Iraq, who have privately raised concerns about security at some munitions sites, say even a small number of poorly guarded sites would pose a risk to American forces and the reconstruction effort.
A Syrian military spokesman said that the Israeli planes had also dropped some munitions in unpopulated areas in the northern part of the country, according to the official Syrian news agency, SANA.
