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U.S. CLOSES EMBASSY IN SYRIA


NICOSIA [MENL] -- The United States has closed its embassy in Syria because of an alert of an Islamic attack.

U.S. officials said the embassy was closed on Thursday for an unspecified period in wake of an alert that the facility could come under attack by Islamic groups linked to Iran. The officials said that over the weekend visitors would not be allowed entry into the embassy and that security would be increased.

An embassy statement cited security reasons for the closing of the embassy. The statement did not cite a specific threat.

"We will announce in a future message the reopening of the embassy,'' the statement said.

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