'Syria will back Hizbullah if Israel attacks'
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'Syria will back Hizbullah if Israel attacks'
Jan 6, 2010 9:54 | Updated Jan 7, 2010 1:46
'Syria will back Hizbullah if Israel attacks'
By JPOST.COM STAFF
If Israel were to attack Hizbullah in Lebanon, Syria would respond and
not sit idly by, the Qatari Al Watan newspaper quoted unnamed Syrian
sources as saying in a report published Wednesday.
The sources reportedly added that Damascus considered any threat to
Lebanon's security and stability as a threat to Syria's security.
The paper reported that Damascus was worriedly taking notice of
"Israeli deployment and maneuvers along the northern border," and that
Syrian leadership assessed Israel was planning a military operation in
Lebanon in May.
US officials have purportedly notified the Lebanese government that if
it does not manage to disarm Hizbullah, "Israel plans to invade the
country all the way to Beirut," the Syrian sources told the
newspaper.
According to Al Watan, the sources said that "this is a message to
both Syria and Lebanon." On Sunday, a senior Beirut-based Hamas
official said that his group would work side-by-side with Hizbullah in
the next war against Israel, Army Radio reported.
"Israel should know that if it decides to attack, we won't be able to
sit on our hands, and we will assist our brothers against Israeli
brutality," the official said.
He was speaking at a memorial ceremony for two Hamas operatives who
were killed in a Beirut explosion some two weeks ago.
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