Syria &#39;refusing to leave Lebanon&#39;
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Syria has not withdrawn troops from neighbouring Lebanon, as demanded by a Security Council resolution, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says.
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Syria denied on Sunday that its President Bashar al-Assad had given his backing to any Turkish military strike against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, as tensions mounted on the Iraqi-Turkish border.
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BEIRUT - Lebanon on Monday asked the Arab League to help it counter a UN Security Council resolution, aimed implicitly at its powerful neighbour, Syria, which called for Beirutâs sovereignty to be respected and foreign troops to be withdrawn from the
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CAIRO -- The Egyptian and Syrian presidents linked calls by the United Nations and Arab leaders for Syrian troops to leave Lebanon to past UN resolutions demanding that Israel withdraw from captured territory in the West Bank and Golan Heights.
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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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Syria on Tuesday ruled out a quick withdrawal of its troops from Lebanon, saying a United Nations resolution calling on it to do so was illegal.
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UNITED NATIONS : Lebanon and Syria have not met the demands in last month&#39;s UN Security Council resolution calling for the respect of Lebanese sovereignty, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a new report.
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Syria on Tuesday insisted that it had  not dropped a demand that Israel stick to a promise said to  have been made by late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin to abandon  all Syrian land under any peace treaty.
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Lebanon said on Sunday that a U.N.  report saying Syria had failed to meet a Security Council  demand to withdraw its troops from its tiny neighbor was  exaggerated.
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Britain refused to point the finger at Syria for the death of Lebanese minister Pierre Gemayel, amid Tony Blair's efforts to involve Damascus in bringing peace to the wider Middle East.
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Lebanese Christian Mona Mehanna protested on March 14 last year to end Syria's hegemony in Lebanon. This year she is on the streets again, protesting with a group that enjoys Syrian support.
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BEIRUT: Lebanon and Syria have failed to comply with the demands of last month&#39;s UN Security Council Resolution 1559, which calls for respecting Lebanon&#39;s sovereignty and political freedom, UN
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Syria has failed to meet a UN Security Council demand that it pull its troops out of Lebanon and has given no timetable for when it would do so, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday.
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Syria Monday rapped the UN Security Council for passing a resolution which demands Syria&#39;s respect for Lebanon&#39;s sovereignty and withdrawal of its troops from the neighboring
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Syria said yesterday it would deepen ties with Lebanon, despite a UN Security Council resolution warning against outside interference there. The resolution aimed -- in vain -- to head off a vote in Lebanon's parliament to extend the term of the Syrian-backed president, Emile Lahoud, for three years after his current six-year term expires. Many council members regarded the extension ...
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The Lebanese guerrillas admit they can't return to the south but defiantly reject calls to disarm.
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The United States is increasing its pressure against Syria to force the Arab state to stop backing anti-Israeli resistance in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon, Syria's information minister said Saturday.