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Withdrawal of Troops – 1990

No troop withdrawal took place neither from Israel nor from Syria. As a matter of fact, after the election of Elias Hrawi as president of Lebanon as per the Taif accord, Gen. Michel Aoun refused to recognize him or the Taif accord. Lebanon invited the Syrian troops to help oust rebel Gen. Aoun. In doing so, the president took Israel and the United States in confidence that “a Syrian assault involving warplanes and tank and infantry units would not be opposed or obstructed.”¹ The rebel Gen. Michel Aoun, was defeated but the presence of the foreign troops continued.

1. “U.S. Agreed Not to Block Move By Syria on Aoun, Lebanon Says,” Washington Post, October 16, 1990, Page A16.