Lebanon's security chief Maj. Gen. Jamil Sayyed, resigned Monday, a day before Syria was to formally end its 29-year military deployment in Lebanon. Maj. Gen. Sayyed, who had stepped aside on Friday, announced his resignation in a statement. His earlier move had placed Sayyed "at the disposal" of the prime minister, a formula that had allowed him to step aside without resigning. But on Monday he said he was resigning to avoid confusion and because of Lebanese policy changes dictated "by the changing political developments." "I am honored to request that my services be terminated and that the resignation is accepted," he said in his statement.
