Strategos Ankyrikos, If you think that you can beat the Ptolemaioi army besieging Sidon then do so.

Turning towards Theodoros' messenger...

Tell to your master that they should wait in Damaskos but if he thinks that he can defeat some of their smaller forces then he can attack them. Just stay away from the Ptolemaioi general near Bostra if he should come to your way. I want to kill him myself!