'It is troubling that he has not kept his word'

Just how naive is UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon? The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the convoy entered Hit, two kilometers (1.2 miles) from the border with Lebanon, early Monday morning.

"There has been high intensity gunfire since 9:00 am (0600 GMT)," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP by telephone.

Earlier this month UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said