Syria will support its allies Hizbullah and Lebanon against Israel's attacks on the country, the ruling Baath Party said yesterday.
"The Syrian people are ready to extend full support to the Lebanese people and their heroic resistance to remain steadfast and confront the barbaric Israeli aggression and its crimes," said a communique from the party's national command issued after a meeting.
The national command is the highest echelon of the Baath Party, which has ruled Syria since 1963.
"The meeting discussed the dangerous developments that resulted from escalation of the Israeli aggression in the occupied Palestinian land and Lebanon, and the barbaric war and state terrorism practiced by Israel," the communique said.
Syria is a main backer of Hizbullah, whose war of attrition was instrumental in forcing Israel to withdraw from south Lebanon in 2000 after a 22-year occupation.