A team of UN inspectors crossed into Lebanon from Syria on Saturday after completing their probe into a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus

A team of UN inspectors crossed into Lebanon from Syria on Saturday after completing their probe into a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus, an AFP reporter said.
  
The inspectors crossed the border in a convoy of UN vehicles at 7:40 am (0440 GMT) escorted by Lebanese security forces.
  
The 13 inspectors, led by Ake Sellstrom, had left their hotel in Damascus shortly before dawn. The team had been investigating allegations of the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons against its own people.

Angela Kane, the UN disarmament envoy who had visited Syria with the UN experts, is expected to brief UN Secretary-General Bank Ki-moon in New York later Saturday.
  
The UN experts will "expedite" a report on whether chemical weapons have been used in Syria's civil war, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said.
  
Ban is ready to brief the UN Security Council on the investigation into the suspected chemical weapons attack this weekend if needed, the spokesman told a briefing in New York.
  
The UN chief had detailed progress made by the inspection team during a meeting with UN ambassadors from Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States. "The team has completed its collection of samples and evidence," Nesirky told reporters.