|
Lebanon: Syrian troops pulling back
 Lebanese Defence Minister Abd al-Rahim Murad has told Aljazeera that Syria has started pulling back its troops in Lebanon into the eastern Bakaa Valley of the country. In an interview with Aljazeera on Thursday, Murad said "the sixth stage of the redeployment of Syrian troops in Lebanon has started on Thursday".
| "We're going! We're going! No need to get all excited!" |
He added that according to the 1989 Taif Accord, all Syrian troops should withdraw to the eastern Bakaa Valley. "The Lebanese and Syrian leadership have met and decided on the sixth redeployment of the Syrian forces in Lebanon," Murad said. "They took the decision to start the redeployment in the next few hours. After this redeployment, all the Syrian forces will be in the Bakaa," he said. Further meetings would take place to "define the number of the troops which will remain in the Bakaa and to define the spots where they will be stationed in that area", he added.
Posted by: Fred 2005-02-28 |
