Syria expects US-led attack ‘at any moment’
2 Sept 2013 1:59 AM IST
Syria expects a military attack ‘at any moment’ and is ready to retaliate, an official said on Saturday, hours after UN experts probing a suspected gas attack blamed on the regime quit the country.
The departure of the inspectors has opened a window for a possible US-led strike after President Barack Obama on Friday gave his clearest indication yet that a military intervention was imminent.
‘We are expecting an attack at any moment. We are ready to retaliate at any moment,’ the security official told AFP, asking not to be named.
The 13 UN inspectors, led by Ake Sellstrom, left their Damascus hotel in a convoy before dawn and crossed into Lebanon a few hours later, AFP reporters said. Obama’s administration says it has no need to wait for the results of the probe.
The departure of the inspectors has opened a window for a possible US-led strike after President Barack Obama on Friday gave his clearest indication yet that a military intervention was imminent.
‘We are expecting an attack at any moment. We are ready to retaliate at any moment,’ the security official told AFP, asking not to be named.
The 13 UN inspectors, led by Ake Sellstrom, left their Damascus hotel in a convoy before dawn and crossed into Lebanon a few hours later, AFP reporters said. Obama’s administration says it has no need to wait for the results of the probe.
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