The U.S. embassy in Syria said on Wednesday that it may close to the public for fearing retaliation following a Sunday deadly raid on Syrian border by U.S. troops in Iraq.
The U.S. embassy made the warning in a statement on its Website, calling on Americans in Syria to remain alert to review their personal security.
Unforeseen events may cause the U.S. embassy in Damascus to close to the public indefinitely following the Sunday raid on eastern Syria blamed by Damascus on Washington, said the statement.
Eight Syrian civilians were killed on Sunday in a U.S. cross-border helicopters attack in al-Sukkariah village in Abu Kamal near the border with Iraq, Syria's official SANA news agency reported.
U.S. officials explained that the raid killed a top operative of al-Qaida in Iraq who intelligence suggested was about to conduct an attack in Iraq
On Tuesday, the Syrian cabinet decided to close a Damascus-based American school and a U.S. culture center in response to the U.S. attack.
Source:Xinhua
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