The official SANA news agency reported that Syrian President Bashar Al Assad told visiting Speaker Nabih Berri that Damascus will support Lebanon in the event of any attack from "Israel". 

"Syria will stand alongside the government and people of Lebanon against any possible Israeli aggression launched on Lebanon," SANA quoted Assad as telling Berri who made a surprise visit to Damascus on Sunday. 

It said 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."
"Israeli" officials have frequently warned in recent weeks that any Hizbullah attack will spark a tough response. 

Syria and "Israel" have also been locked in a bitter war of words for several days.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem warned on Wednesday that war against Damascus would become a wider conflict. 

""Israelis", do not test the power of Syria since you know the war will move into your cities," he said. 

His "Israeli" counterpart Avigdor Lieberman retorted on Thursday that any war would cost Assad his grip on power. 

On Tuesday Netanyahu accused Beirut of allowing Hizbullah to smuggle weapons into Lebanon in "blatant violation of (United Nations Security Council) Resolution 1701" which brought an end to the summer 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah.