US President Joe Biden on Friday said the US is “devoted” to defending Israel and “Iran will not succeed” as Israel braced for a possible Iranian attack after an airstrike killed two Iranian generals in Syria last week. "Iran is trying to thread a needle here, trying to give a response to impress its own population ... but also not hoping to spark a wider conflict with Israel and particularly the United States," FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson said, reporting from Washington.
