"Syria supports the Lebanese national consensus, including its reservations over UN Security Council Resolution 1701," an unnamed official was quoted by SANA as saying.

Syria, a supporter of Hezbollah, also expressed regret that the resolution "shied away from recognizing Israel's responsibility for its savage attacks on civilians and its destruction of Lebanese infrastructure, which constitute war crimes."

The two sides should abide by an old agreement, which was reached in April 1996 for a cease-fire in Lebanon and helped end the Israeli onslaught in Lebanon, the official said.

Also called as "April Understanding", according to the agreement , Hezbollah should not carry out attacks into Israel and that Israel should not target civilians or civilian targets in Lebanon.

Israel occupied a security zone in south Lebanon since 1978 to 2000.

"The April Understanding must govern battlefield confrontations in the period between a cessation of hostilities and achieving an Israeli withdrawal," the official said, adding that Hezbollah had the right to resist Israeli forces until they withdrew from south Lebanon.

"It (the April Understanding) spares civilians on both sides and gives right to the Lebanese resistance to continue resisting as long as there is a single Israeli soldier on Lebanese soil," the official added.

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday which also calls for Israel's withdrawal and authorizes an increase of the existing UN force in Lebanon to 15,000 troops to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon as Israel withdraws.

On Saturday, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said after a cabinet meeting that cabinet ministers unanimously approved the UN resolution despite some reservations.

Earlier in the day, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah declared that his group would abide by any ceasefire brokered by the United Nations, but that it would continue to fight until Israel's withdrawal.

Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced on Saturday that prime ministers of Lebanon and Israel have agreed on an end to hostilities as of 8:00 am (0500 GMT) on Monday.

On Sunday, the Israeli cabinet also approved the resolution although warplanes from the Jewish state continued air raids against several targets across Lebanon.

So far, more than four weeks of conflict have left more than 1,100 Lebanese dead, mainly civilians.