France hopes Syria will follow Israel’s lead and withdraw its troops from Lebanon. But the nation’s foreign minister thinks such a move is unlikely. A Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon “does not suit” Damascus’s political goals, Alain Richard said in a radio interview.
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