Chief of Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces warned on Wednesday against the Zionist imperialist attack on the region. Celebrating the graduation of a new batch of students at the military college for women, Major General Ali Habib notified, " the Zionist imperialist attack on the region that aims through programs and schemes to turn the region into a tool in the hand of enemies as well melt the national identity of our people as well torpedo his civilized existence components."The Major General pointed out at events in Palestine and Iraq asserting "standing by the Palestinian and the Iraqi peoples and their right in sovereignty, independence and salvation from the foreign occupation forces over their land." Major General Habib was speaking on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad.