Syria threat over Golan puts Israel on war alert

Telegraph : "Israel has gone on heightened alert over a possible war with Syria amid reports that President Bashar Assad may be considering military strikes to regain the Golan Heights.

For years Israeli military intelligence has down-played Syria's capacity to launch a meaningful attack against Israel, and the threat level has been kept 'low'.

But Israeli reports have revealed that the threat level had been raised after intelligence assessments that Damascus is 'seriously examining' military action." Read on.