IDF deploys full missile defenses against Syria
Hetz (Arrow), the IAF's missile interception system, has raised its alert level amid reports of a looming American attack in Syria in the coming days.
The IDF has also decided to deploy an additional Iron Dome missile defense system in the north. It will join a battery placed in Haifa a number of weeks ago.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4423348,00.html
France says "ready to punish" Syria for alleged gas attack
President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that France was "ready to punish" those behind last week's alleged deadly chemical weapons attacks in Syria, stressing that the conflict threatened "world peace".
Tensions have ratcheted up dramatically in recent days as Western and Arab nations increasingly call for action in the wake of the suspected gas attacks on August 21 in the Damascus suburbs, which Syria's opposition says killed more than 1,300 people.
"France is ready to punish those who took the vile decision to gas innocent people," Hollande said in a televised speech, pointing the finger of blame at President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Syria says 'terrorists' will strike Europe with chemical weapons
(Reuters) - Syria's deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday that the United States, Britain and France helped "terrorists" use chemical weapons in Syria, and that the same groups would soon use them against Europe.
Speaking to reporters outside the Four Seasons hotel in Damascus, Faisal Maqdad said he had presented U.N. chemical weapons inspectors with evidence that "armed terrorist groups" had used sarin gas in all the sites of alleged attacks.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/28/us-syria-crisis-europe-idUSBRE97R0N220130828
Israel calls up reservists over Syrian threat
JERUSALEM (AP) Israel ordered a special call-up of reserve troops Wednesday as nervous citizens lined up at gas-mask distribution centers, preparing for possible hostilities with Syria.
Photo - Israelis line up at a gas mask distribution center in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Large crowds of Israelis have lined up at gas-mask distribution centers across the country in anticipation of a possible Syrian attack on Israel.
With the U.S. threatening to attack Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons, Israel fears that Syria may respond by attacking Israel, a close American ally. While Israeli officials believe the chances of a Syrian strike remain slim, people were clearly preparing for the possibility.
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