The United States, Britain and France on Wednesday opposed a Russian-drafted U.N. Security Council statement that would have condemned an Israeli attack on Iran’s embassy compound in Syria. Press statements by the 15-member council have to be agreed by consensus. Diplomats said the U.S., backed by France and Britain, told council colleagues that many of the facts of what happened on Monday in Damascus remained unclear and there was no consensus among council members during a meeting on Tuesday. “This serves as a clear illustration of the double standards employed by the Western ‘troika’ and th…