Syrian pullout from Lebanon almost complete
AP, Beirut
The last Syrian troops will leave Lebanon yesterday after 29 years, a senior Lebanese military officer said, as Damascus yields to fierce international and domestic pressure after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The announcement came as the largest number of Syrian troops to leave Lebanon in one batch vacated at least 10 positions in the northern part of the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon Saturday night. Under pouring rain, dozens of trucks carrying hundreds of soldiers and at least 150 armoured vehicles towing cannons and rocket launchers were seen heading to the Lebanese-Syrian Masnaa border point, witnesses said. "Tomorrow everything will be over," the military officer told The Associated Press Saturday on condition of anonymity.
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