[Reuters/Washington Post] Alaa Shahine - The Lebanese government undertook on Thursday to stop smuggling across Lebanon's border with Syria. Israel says it will not lift a sea and air blockade of Lebanon unless a reinforced UN peacekeeping force helps the Lebanese army control the border so that no new weapons reach Hizballah. A Lebanese government official said Lebanon had asked the UN for technical help to monitor the border crossings but not to deploy any UN troops along the border with Syria.
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