Syria promises Lebanon withdrawal
Syria promised the UN yesterday that it will withdraw all troops from Lebanon before parliamentary elections, but did not mention a pullout of its intelligence operatives, as demanded by the Security Council.
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa made the withdrawal pledge in a letter to Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the council, which was sharply critical of a UN-backed investigation into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
