Syria Sets April 30 Deadline for Lebanon Withdrawal

NPR | By Deborah Amos

Published April 4, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Syria now says it will have all its forces out of Lebanon by the end of April, ending three decades of military involvement. It also says it will allow the United Nations to verify the pullout.

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