The United States called on Syria to follow Israel’s lead and withdraw its troops from Lebanon. “We’ve made our view clear all along that all foreign forces should withdraw from Lebanon and that Lebanon should exercise full sovereignty over all of its territory,” a State Department spokesman said.
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