Redeploying Syrian troops in Lebanon is a crucial starting point
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The current Syrian withdrawal of some of its troops from Lebanon has sparked a lively debate about the real causes and possible consequences of the move.
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Lebanese and Palestinian militants are now showing greater coordination.
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The ruling party newspaper in Syria said on Wednesday a decision to redeploy some troops within Lebanon was not linked to relations with Washington and could be reversed if necessary in future.
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Syrian forces started redeploying from  the outskirts of Lebanon's capital Beirut toward the eastern  Syrian-Lebanese border on Tuesday, Lebanese officials said.
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Syria has not withdrawn its troops from Lebanon, as required by a resolution of the UN Security Council adopted earlier this month, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday.
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The United States and France decided Tuesday to rush forward a Security Council resolution calling on Syria to remove its troops from Lebanon and cease its intervention in that country&#39;s politics.
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BEIRUT, LEBANON -- Syrian troops vacated three security and intelligence centres in Beirut and northern Lebanon and left for Syria, a senior Lebanese army officer said yesterday.
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France is poised to dispatch hundreds of troops Monday to support the international peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, confronting painful memories of the deadly 1983 bombing in Beirut and concerns about ...
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Lebanon and Syria have announced that Damascus will pull back more of its troops from key positions inside Lebanon. A Lebanese Army statement Saturday said the move was a joint decision by both countries.
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Syria, under growing international pressure to end its longtime military presence in Lebanon, began pulling back more than 1,000 of its 20,000 troops on Tuesday, a senior Lebanese military official said.
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Lebanon said on Tuesday Syria would  redeploy some 3,000 troops from the outskirts of Beirut east  toward the Syrian-Lebanon border, in an apparent bid to ease  U.S.-led pressure over its influence on Lebanon.
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Italian troops begin arriving in Lebanon to strengthen the United Nations peacekeeping force.
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France is quietly preparing to play a tougher role in the strengthened U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, rolling out hefty tanks, powerful artillery, and sophisticated radar systems to pinpoint artillery launch sites.
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CHTAURA, Lebanon  - Several Syrian military units  withdrew from Lebanon early on Thursday, part of a larger  Syrian troop redeployment that has been praised by the United  States.
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Syrian military units withdrew from Lebanon in the early hours of today (Thursday) morning in the framework of a large- scale redeployment operation by the Syrian forces.
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The gesture marks a major step in Lebanon's effort to rebuild infrastructure and homes damaged in the 34-day war.
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France and the US draw up a UN resolution aimed at getting Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon.