U.S. Will Strike if Syria Not 'Honest', Says Israel's Peres

Israel's President Shimon Peres warned Wednesday that the United States would pursue military action against Syria should its regime fail to destroy its chemical weapons in line with a Russian proposal.

"If Syria is honest and will take real steps to remove and destroy the chemical weapons in its territory, the U.S. will not attack," Peres said in a statement.

But "if there will be a crack in Syria's integrity I have no doubt that the U.S. will act militarily," he warned.

On Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama postponed his threat to strike Syria, after President Bashar Assad's regime welcomed a Russian proposal to gather and destroy its chemical arsenal.

But he said it was too early to say if the Russian plan would succeed.