The last Syrian troops will leave Lebanon on Sunday, a senior Lebanese military officer said. The announcement came as the largest number of Syrian troops to leave Lebanon in one batch vacated at least 10 positions in the northern part of the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon Saturday night. Under pouring rain, dozens of trucks carrying hundreds of soldiers and at least 150 armored vehicles towing cannons and rocket launchers were seen heading to the Lebanese-Syrian Masnaa border point, witnesses said. "Tomorrow everything will be over," the military officer told The Associated Press Saturday on condition of anonymity. Last week, Lebanese and Syrian officials said the remaining 1,000 troops would be gone by April 26. The force stood at 14,000 troops in February, indicating the swiftness of the pullout.
