Syria Announces Full Withdrawal from Lebanon

Urgent. Syria Announces Full Withdrawal from Lebanon Damascus, March 5, (SANA)-

President Bashar al-Assad announced Saturday that Syria will withdraw its forces based in Lebanon fully to the Bekaa region, and then to the Syrian-Lebanese borders.

" This is to complement steps that have been taken previously in the framework of al-Taif agreement and in line with the UN resolution 1559," the president said in a speech before the People’s Assembly.

The President added that "I agreed with President Emil Lahoud of Lebanon that the Syrian-Lebanese Supreme Council would be held during this week to ratify the pullback plan."

"With the end of this procedure, Syria will be in full compliance with its commitments over al-Taif agreement and would have carried out requirements of the resolution 1559, " the President said.

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