Syria-Dictated Move Prompts Political Uproar in Lebanon
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Lebanon&#39;s hothouse politics have been thrown into turmoil by Syria&#39;s insistence - at a suddenly summoned special cabinet meeting over the weekend - that the president
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BEIRUT: The UN announcement urging Syria to comply with Resolution 1559 is a further blow to Franco-Syrian relations, which have been rapidly deteriorating since the controversial extension of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud&#39;s term.
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As expected, Lebanon&#39;s Parliament on Friday rubber-stamped Syria&#39;s order to keep its handpicked president in office, voting in an extraordinary session to amend the Constitution to give him three more years.
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The Syrian army carried out Saturday a limited redeployment in Lebanon, pulling army intelligence troops out of the Beirut airport, the southern suburbs of Beirut and northern Lebanon, a Lebanese army officer told AFP.
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Lebanon's parliament is going ahead with  a vote to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile  Lahoud Friday despite a U.N. Security Council resolution  warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon.
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International pressure mounted on Syria to ease its grip over Lebanon as stunned Lebanese prepared to bury slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on Wednesday.
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Syria on Wednesday suspended diplomatic cooperation with France aimed at ending the political crisis in Lebanon -- a move that mirrored earlier similar action by Paris.
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BEIRUT, 4 September 2004 - Lebanese MPs bowed to Syrian pressure yesterday and approved a constitutional amendment giving pro-Damascus President Emile Lahoud another three years in office, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to
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Syria, under intense pressure to quit Lebanon, pulled out its security forces from three key positions in Beirut and north Lebanon on Saturday and redeployed them in eastern Lebanon.
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Syria, under growing international pressure to end its long-time military presence in Lebanon, began pulling back more than 1,000 of its 20,000 troops today.
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Syria joined other Arab nations Saturday in endorsing the head of Lebanon's army as that country's next president, putting pressure on the Lebanese opposition to drop demands that have blocked a compromise over the post.
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LebanonÂs seeming slide toward civil conflict is a flashpoint for tensions in the Middle East.
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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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BEIRUT -- The Arab League won vital Syrian support yesterday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's government and a Hezbollah-led opposition that has been rallying hundreds of thousands in central Beirut, an envoy said.
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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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BEIRUT: With a new government likely due by month's end, Damascus is expected to use the coming weeks to smooth the tense internal and international atmosphere provoked by its unpopular decision to extend ...
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Are Syria and Iran behind Hizbullah's latest gambit to bring down the Lebanese government?