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| Middle East |
| Syria removing troops, equipment from Lebanon |
| 2002-04-27 |
| Syria continues to remove military equipment and troops from Lebanon, including the evacuation of Syria's sole base in the war-torn south. The Syrian military has been relocating assets such as command and control posts and bases from southern and central Lebanon. The equipment is being moved to the heavily-defended Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border. Lebanese sources said Syria has completed the evacuation of a reconnaissance command near Sidon. They said the command in Romayleh, near the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein Hilwe was being transported to Beirut and then to Syria. The reconnaissance post was established in 1988. The base is the only Syrian military position in southern Lebanon. Expecting Hezbollah to take it on the chin? Or just a routine realignment of forces? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |