WASHINGTON — U.S. President George Bush said the United Nations resolution to halt the fighting between Israel and Lebanon will stop Hezbollah from acting as a “state within a state” and deal a severe blow to the efforts of Syria and Iran to exert influence in the Middle East.

DAMASCUS,(SANA) – Syrian Arab Red Crescent on Sunday was handed humanitarian aid from the Turkish government to the Lebanese incomers who fled their country due to the Israeli brutal aggression on Lebanon.

DAMASCUS, Aug. 13 (SANA)- The Israeli savage onslaught on Lebanon came in accordance with pre-made schemes and backgrounds for carrying out an agenda that Israel couldn’t implement through the 1559 UNSC resolution, Information Minister said Sunday.