Assad committed to full Syrian troop pullout

By The Associated Press
UN official: Assad committed to full Syrian troop pullout

DAMASCUS - Syrian President Bashar Assad reiterated his commitment to withdrawing all Syrian troops and intelligence agents from Lebanon, a UN envoy said yesterday. It appeared that Terje Roed-Larsen was able to obtain a timetable from Assad, which he did not make public.

"I will present (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan with further details of the timetable for a complete Syrian pullout from Lebanon upon my arrival in New York early next week," Roed-Larsen said in a statement, after meeting with Assad in the northern city of Aleppo.

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