Kofi Annan: “Syria should withdraw all its troops from Lebanon before parliamentary elections there next month.”

While Hezbollah's actions are deplorable, and as I've said, Israel has a right to defend itself, the excessive use of force is to be condemned.

I don't think we are getting it yet. But it ought to be possible if the political will is there.

Yes, it's going to be tough, it's going to be difficult, but we have to have hope. Almost every Syrian I have met they want peace, they want the violence to stop, they want to move on with their lives.

While Hezbollah's actions are deplorable -- and, as I have said, Israel has a right to defend itself -- the excessive use of force is to be condemned.