ACTIVITY IN SYRIA
ALLIED TROOP MOVEMENTS STATE OF SIEGE DECLARED THRUST AGAINST THE BALKANS? (Rec 1.15 p.m.) London, June 23. Fresh indications of British preparations in Syria for a possible thrust against the Aegean islands or the Balkans are reported by Rome radio. The whole of Syria is under a state of siege, says the radio. Troop concentrations are being carried out in the north, and the northern frontier with Turkey has been declared a zone of military operations to a depth of 60 miles Civilians and foreigners are forbidden to enter this area. Similar measures have been taken along the Lebanese coast. Berlin reports that a great Allied transport fleet was massed in Bizerta harbour to-day. Large ships especially equipped for landing operations reached Gibraltar yesterday and left again immediately for the Mediterranean.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 24 June 1943, Page 2
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