07/02/2010 Syrian President Bachar Al-Assad told Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Sunday that Syria will support Lebanon in the event of any attack from Israel.
 
According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Assad told Berri who visited him in Damascus that "Syria will stand alongside the government and people of Lebanon against any possible Israeli aggression launched on Lebanon."
 
Assad and Berri discussed "repeated Israeli threats on countries in the region and Israeli extremism which can kill chances for peace and bring war to the region," SANA said.
 
Both sides also discussed the latest developments in Lebanon and the positive progress in the Syrian-Lebanese relations. They discussed means of enhancing bilateral relations in line with the historical and geographic ties between the two brotherly countries.
 
Discussions also touched upon the Arab and regional situations, particularly in the Palestinian arena.