France is closing its embassy in Damascus, Syria, to denounce the ''scandal'' of the repression led by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime against its population, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Friday.
US President Barack Obama said that he is not bluffing about attacking Iran if it builds a nuclear weapon, but in an interview published Friday he also warned Israel that a premature attack on Iran would allow Tehran to play the ''victim''.
Under the arrangement, North Korea agreed to stop its nuclear program in exchange for U.S. aid; Israel official: Attempts to compare Iran and North Korea are 'worrisome.'
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has expressed dismay that United Nations officials, including Robert Serry, the U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, attended the ''one-sided'' International Conference for the Defense of Jerusalem which took place in Doha that included discussion of an Arab ''rescue'' from alleged Israeli plans to ''Judaize'' the city.
Retired US general tells 'NY Times' the last thing Iran would want is a war on its home front, warns Tehran's war-time thinking cannot be fully predicted; Israeli official: Iranian retaliation would hit Israel, overseas.
Tehran expects that talks with UN nuclear watchdog will proceed in right direction, says Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, stresses that Iran does not seek confrontation.
