To me it is obvious that the Iranians have just imported weapons to Assad using the 18th Flotilla.
What is more difficult to fathom is why the ships docked in Jeddah in Saudi before taking the jaunt up the Suez Canal. Saudi-Iranian relations are hardly warm, and in order for the vessels to dock in Saudi there must have been a shared objective. Have the Saudis donated weapons to the Assad regime on the premise that the Iranians facilitate their importation? If so, why? Their public stance is anti the Assad regime, but is their fear of an AQ state on their doorstep greater? This is a news story that has simply not made it into the press. The Saudi friends I have asked simply comment that the news cannot be believed and that they would rather an Israeli vessel docked in Jeddah than an Iranian one. I think that speaks wonders!!
There are too many underhand agreements going on at the moment in that region...