This comes after Western nations promised a response to a suspected chemical weapons attack that killed at least 85 and affected hundreds of others in the city of Douma.
The Syrian government has been hiding aircraft, moving its assets and evacuating potential targets, including the ministry of defence and army headquarters in Damascus.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut in neighbouring Lebanon.
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