Syria, Iran and the Hizbollah group, as well as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Eritrea and Libya, have all been accused of sending illegal arms, training or other support to Somalia’s Islamic Courts Union, in a report by a United Nations sanctions monitoring group.

The draft report, which comes as the US is being encouraged to co-opt Tehran and Damascus into finding a solution to the conflict in Iraq, also suggests Iran may be looking for uranium in return for its support.