SYRIA BEGINS LEBANON PULL-OUT
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Syria has begun pulling some of its troops out of Lebanon in the face of heavy international pressure for Damascus to end its political and military domination of its neighbour.
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Syria has withdrawn some of its troops from three key positions in Lebanon, according to Lebanese officials. They say Syrian soldiers have left the northern town of Batrun, as well as Beirut&#39;s southern suburbs and airport.
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BEIRUT Prime Minister Rafik Hariri resigned, dissolved his cabinet and announced Wednesday that he would not try to form the next government, dropping out of the political scene while Syria&#39;s role in Lebanon is being challenged by the United Nations.
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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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Syrian troops will start redeploying in parts of Lebanon, including moving away from the area of Beirut Airport, on orders from the leadership of both countries, the Lebanese Defense Ministry said Saturday.
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Syria halts co-operation with France on the Lebanese crisis in an escalating row, Syria's foreign minister announces.
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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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The isolation of Syria appears to be breaking as Damascus seeks deals with the Saudis and the Lebanese.
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BEIRUT : Syrian troops continued a limited pullback operation from Lebanon for the second consecutive day amid international pressure for a full withdrawal.
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The United Nations Security Council has called on Syria to pull its remaining 14,000 troops out of Lebanon. In a unanimously passed declaration, it demanded that Syria respect Lebanon&#39;s &quot;territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence&quot;.
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Syria, under intense U.N. 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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AMMAN, Jordan -- Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri of Lebanon resigned yesterday in a sign of deepening divisions within Lebanon's fragile government over the decisive role that Syria, its larger and more powerful neighbor, plays in its political life.
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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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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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Some 300 Syrian troops in a convoy of trucks and armored vehicles crossed the Lebanese border into Syria early Thursday as part of the ongoing redeployment that started on Tuesday.
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Lebanon sees a second redeployment of Syrian troops after a UN call for foreign forces to leave.
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WASHINGTON - The United States bluntly told Syria to stay out of the political crisis in Lebanon that came to a head on Wednesday with the resignation of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.