Syrian troops withdrew from a key position in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Saturday, Lebanese security sources said. Fifteen trucks loaded with Syrian soldiers, equipment and personal goods left the position of Majdaloun, 5 kilometers west of the ancient city of Ballebck, and headed towards Homos inside Syrian territory, the sources said. On Friday the Syrian army pulled back from at least four positions north of the Bekaa valley. The first phase of the Syrian pullback was completed on March 17, with some 5,800 Syrian troops either withdrawn across the border or redeployed to the Bekaa valley. The second phase is due to be decided when a Lebanese-Syrian military committee meet in the first week of April.
