1.   On Friday, Lt. Col. Paiva secured a fragile, five-hour lull in the fighting to drive three U.N. vehicles to two hospitals.

2.   Syria also has leverage over Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed guerrilla group fighting to drive Israeli forces and SLA militiamen from the border strip.

3.   Syria also has leverage over Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed guerrilla group fighting to drive Israeli forces and the SLA militiamen from the border strip.

4.   The United States has put the responsibility for the violence squarely on Hezbollah, a Shiite Moslem movement fighting to drive Israeli troops out of south Lebanon.