Syrian Paper Says Lebanon Redeployment Reversible
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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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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday dismissed Syrian moves towards redeployment in Lebanon. &quot;We are not seeing any significant change in the Syrian position,&quot; he told Israel Radio.
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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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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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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Syria has not withdrawn its  troops from Lebanon, as required by a resolution of the U.N.  Security Council adopted earlier this month, U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday.
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The UN has been informed of &quot;movements of arms&quot; on the Syria-Lebanon border though it says these have not been verified, the French foreign ministry has said.
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Lebanon is becoming a shelter for al-Qaida-linked militants fleeing across the Syrian border after a crackdown by authorities there, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview published Monday.
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Lebanon said on Thursday 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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Syria did not interfere in Lebanon&#39;s recent presidential elections and has no interest in controlling its smaller neighbor, Syria&#39;s foreign minister said Sunday.
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Syria began to redeploy its forces from the outskirts of Beirut yesterday in an apparent attempt to fend off growing international pressure to end its 28-year military control of Lebanon.
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BEIRUT, 29 August 2004 - Lebanonâs Cabinet approved a bill yesterday that would allow President Emile Lahoud to seek re-election, pleasing power broker Syria but opposed by a growing number of influential Lebanese and several major foreign powers.
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CHTAURA, Lebanon  - Several Syrian military units  withdrew from Lebanon early on Thursday, witnesses said, part  of a larger Syrian redeployment seen as a bid to ease U.S.  pressure over Syria's grip on its neighbor.
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In an exclusive interview, Fouad Siniora says his government has evidence of Damascus' hand in Lebanon's recent spate of violence
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Israel's defense minister on Wednesday accused Syria of allowing the rearmament of Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon and said Israel has the right to act "forcefully" against the Shiite militia to counter the threat.
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Proposed rules of engagement for an expanded U.N. force in southern Lebanon would allow troops to open fire in self-defense, protect civilians and back up the Lebanese army in preventing foreign forces or arms from crossing the border, according to a U.N. document obtained Tuesday.
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France's president has told Syria to use its influence to allow the Lebanese presidential election to go ahead on Saturday and suggested his patience with Damascus was wearing thin, a pan-Arab newspaper reported on Wednesday.