The U.N. Security Council has authorized a mission to check on reports of arms smuggling from Syria to Lebanon, which Britain said on Wednesday could trigger another crisis.
Syria or Iran continue to provide weapons to the Shiite militia Hezbollah in Lebanon in violation of a UN arms embargo, a senior US official said Wednesday.
A "stalled" situation in Lebanon is hampering efforts to check arms smuggling across the border with Syria, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said Wednesday.
Lebanon's worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war is undermining U.N. peacekeeping objectives like disarming Hezbollah militias and tightening borders, Italy told the U.N.'s secretary-general on Wednesday.
The U.N. Security Council wants an independent mission to check on reports of arms smuggling into Lebanon from Syria.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon began a two-day visit to Italy on Wednesday, urging continued support for missions in Afghanistan and Lebanon.
With the population of Lebanon on the rise, the town is outgrowing its sports facilities. Recently, city officials thought they had the problem solved, until Mother Nature threw them an expensive curveball.
France on Wednesday welcomed the declaration adopted by the UN Security Council on Lebanon, describing it as a show of its "unanimous determination" to have resolution 1701 respected.
Source: Reuters By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS, April 18 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council has authorized a mission to check on reports of arms smuggling from Syria to Lebanon, which Britain said on Wednesday ...
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council expressed "serious concern" at mounting reports of weapons being smuggled from Syria to Lebanon and authorized an independent mission to evaluate monitoring of...