Syria 'Will Break Links with Iran' if U.S. Steps In to Help

Syria would agree to sever its close links with Iran if the United States was to offer Damascus financial and military backing, according to The Sunday Telegraph reporting from Jerusalem. The usually well-informed London paper is quoting a former Israeli diplomat involved in back channel talks taking place between Syria and Israel.

The Israeli official believes Syria's President Bashar Assad is increasingly open to a deal that would greatly weaken Iranian influence in the region. ...