Source: Associated Press
Nov 06, 2006
Syria's information minister on Sunday said his nation could resort to armed conflict if Israel does not agree to negotiate its surrender of the Golan Heights.
Mohsen Bilal claimed at the opening of a three-day media event that Syria wants peace with Israel, but only on its own terms.
Damascus sees Hizb'allah's summer war with Israel as a success for the terror group, and is said to be considering a similar conflagration with the Jewish state in order to drum up international support for its claims to the Golan.
Israeli military leaders said they were taking the threat seriously, and that the IDF is preparing for a war with Syria and Hizb'allah as early as next summer.