Courtesy of Fox News:

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The U.N. chief warned Saturday that arms smuggling from Syria could threaten the cease-fire in Lebanon and urged full compliance with a U.N. resolution that ended the summer war between Hezbollah and Israel.

U.N. Resolution 1701 which halted the 34 days of fighting calls among other things for a stop in arms shipments to Hezbollah guerrillas and demands the “unconditional release” of two Israeli soldiers the militants captured, triggering the conflict.

Noting allegations that the arms embargo on Hezbollah was not being enforced, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Friday with Lebanese security chiefs during his two-day visit to Lebanon to discuss ways of enhancing the Lebanese army’s monitoring capabilities of the along border with Syria, one of Hezbollah’s principal patrons.

The leading Lebanese daily An-Nahar reported Saturday that Ban told the Lebanese security chiefs that Israel had provided him with “evidence and pictures” of trucks crossing from Syria to Lebanon and unloading weapons.

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