They said they feared Syria would feel greater pressure to retaliate against Israel for the bombing if U.S. intelligence about the facility had been made public.

他们说，他们担心，如果美国把他们掌握的这一设施的情报公开，会更加迫使叙利亚对以色列的轰炸进行报复。

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They said they feared Syria would feel greater pressure to retaliate against Israel for the bombing if U. S. intelligence about the facility had been made public.

他们说，他们担心，如果美国把他们掌握的这一设施的情报公开，会更加迫使叙利亚对以色列的轰炸进行报复。

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For decades Damascus has been dreaming of a Greater Syria that includes Lebanon.

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But other Salafist groups, such as Jabhat an-Nusra (Salvation Front) and Ahrar al-Sham (the Liberation of Greater Syria), are less tolerant.

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Aside from its southern border with Israel, Lebanon is entirely surrounded by Syria, and was considered part of "greater Syria" until the end of World War I.

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