(New York Times) David E. Sanger and Marc Santora - At a meeting of five dozen nations in Warsaw focusing on Middle East security, Iran's expansion into Syria is Israel's biggest concern, said Dore Gold, former director general of Israel's Foreign Ministry. The Warsaw meeting could help persuade others that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not exaggerating the threat. "It's not Israel in the front row, and Arab states secretly promoting an agenda to get Iran out of Syria," Gold said. "It's overt, public, and only strengthens the case that Israel's been making over the last year." Countering the American-led gathering, President Vladimir Putin of Russia announced a summit meeting with the leaders of Iran and Turkey in Sochi on Thursday.
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