Iran has told the U.N. it is prepared to find a "peaceful resolution" to the crisis in ally Syria, as the threat of a U.S. strike looms, state media said Monday.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif relayed the message to Secretary Ban Ki-moon during a phone conversation late Sunday, state broadcaster IRIB said on its website.

Israel's President Shimon Peres on Monday said he supported U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to seek Congressional approval for military action against Syria.

"I have full faith in President Obama's moral and operational stance," Peres said in an interview with Israeli army radio.

Syria has asked the United Nations to try to "prevent any aggression" against it, state news agency SANA said Monday, as the United States weighs military action against Damascus.

"The Syrian government calls on the U.N. secretary general to assume his responsibilities... and to make efforts to prevent any aggression against Syria," the agency said, quoting a letter from Syria's U.N. representative Bashar al-Jaafari.

France was set Monday to provide what it says is clear evidence that the Syrian regime was behind a devastating chemical attack, as Western leaders bid to overcome widespread skepticism to military action.

With U.S. President Barack Obama also lobbying Congress to back strikes, the Syrian regime said it remained on alert for a possible attack, urging the United Nations to "prevent any aggression" against it.

Syria's army is still on alert, a security official said Monday, even if the threat of an imminent U.S.-led strike has receded after U.S. President Barack Obama decided to ask Congress for approval.

"American aggression against Syria, if it happens, is a form of support to terrorism.... The army is on alert and will remain so until terrorism is completely eradicated," the official, who wished to remain anonymous, told AFP.

Russia is totally unconvinced by evidence presented by the United States and its allies of an alleged chemical attack outside Damascus that the West says was perpetrated by the Syrian regime, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.

Moscow vehemently opposes U.S.-led plans for military action against the regime of Bashar Assad in response to the alleged attack, even though the timetable has now been put back by President Barack Obama's decision to put it to Congress.

Hizbullah will retaliate to any strike against Damascus by firing rockets at Israel from Syrian territory, in an attempt to dissociate Lebanon from the developments in the neighboring country.

“Hizbullah is controlling 8,000 kilometers in Reef Homs and will not hesitate to participate in an attack by firing surface-to-surface missiles from Syria,” a source in the joint operations formed by Hizbullah and the forces of President Bashar Assad said in comments published in Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper.

U.S. President Barack Obama launched an intense lobbying effort Sunday to sway skeptical lawmakers weighing whether to support a military strike against Syria.

The strategy was outlined by a senior White House official.

After staring deep into his political soul over Syria, Barack Obama blinked.

Stunning his advisers, his opponents, and the rest of the world, Obama chose to rein in his own power, and asked Congress to authorize a military intervention he had been set to wage alone.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the Jewish State was prepared for "every possible scenario" in neighboring Syria after U.S. President Barack Obama postponed a threatened missile strike.

"Israel is calm and sure of itself, the citizens of Israel know that we are prepared for every possible scenario," he told ministers at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, in remarks broadcast on public radio.