In a statement on Friday, prosecutors named "Faycal C" as one of three men police had detained near the federal prosecutor's office, the heavily guarded center of the investigation effort.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights described the Syrian army offensive as the heaviest assault yet in a three-week campaign.

The tripartite alliance between Israel, Greece and Cyprus could serve as a basis for a wider front.

Francis condemned "expressions of fundamentalism (and) terrorist acts committed by followers of some religions which profane the name of God and which use the holy name to justify their violence."

The government in Pretoria balances pro-Palestinian sympathies with a desire for better trade relations with Israel.

Amos Yadlin says that threat from fighting in Syria to Israel is still greater than the Iranian nuclear threat.

DH newspaper reported the suicide bombers who blew themselves up on Tuesday in Brussels originally considered targeting a nuclear site.