41.   The UN Security Council has called for an unconditional withdrawal from the DMZ.

42.   Lebanon wants an unconditional Israeli withdrawal from an occupied border zone in the south, while the Jewish state demands the disarmament of Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas.

43.   Meanwhile in Yemen the pro-government As-Saoura daily repeated calls for an unconditional Eritrean withdrawal from Greater Hanish, saying the islands were under Yemeni sovereignty.

44.   Nasrallah said the aim of Hezbollah guerrillas was to step up the pressure to force an unconditional Israeli withdrawal.

45.   Syria is demanding an unconditional withdrawal from the Golan Heights as part of any peace deal with Israel.