According to a report submitted to the Security Council on Tuesday, the smuggling of arms from Syria into Lebanon can not be halted by present border controls.
A champion Australian boxer who left Sydney abruptly weeks ago is one of four men being held in Lebanon on suspicion of terrorist activity, reports said Wednesday.
Security along the Lebanon-Syria border is too lax to prevent arms smuggling and Lebanon should quickly establish a mobile force to intercept any weapons, a U.N.-appointed team said in a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.VIOLENCE:300 militants killed, wounded in Lebanon camp
Security along the Lebanon-Syria border is too lax to prevent arms smuggling and Lebanon should quickly establish a mobile force to intercept any weapons, a U.N.-appointed team said in a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a veiled warning to Syria on Tuesday, saying a Lebanon tribunal must be safe while it handles the murder of a Lebanese leader, a prominent critic of Syrian influence in Lebanon.
A UN report released here Tuesday called for a major upgrading of Lebanon's lax frontier security to prevent arms smuggling from neighboring Syria, including assigning international experts to a new, multi-agency Lebanese border force.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stressed on Tuesday US support for Fuad Siniora after meeting Lebanon's Prime Minister in Paris during two-day European visit.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stressed Washington's support for Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Siniora Tuesday, as Spain began probing the deaths of six of its peacekeepers there this weekend.
Spain on Tuesday held a solemn state funeral for six UN peacekeepers killed in an attack Sunday in Lebanon, while a judge opened a criminal investigation into their deaths.
While condemning the attack in southern Lebanon this weekend, the United Nations is not yet ready to place blame, nor has any group claimed responsibility.