Syria warns forces over possible Israeli attack

Syria's chief of staff told the armed forces this afternoon to be alert to repel any possible Israeli "aggression".

Syria's chief of staff told the armed forces this afternoon to be alert to repel any possible Israeli "aggression".

The official state news agency said Lieut Gen Hasan Turkmani in a speech urged "fighters to keep working day and night and stay at maximum readiness and be alert to repel any possible aggression of [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon's government."

He said Israel, which attacked a target near Damascus this month, was trying to export its domestic crises by harassing Syria.

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