Efter internationalt pres trak Syrien sine sine 14.000 soldater ud af Libanon,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4342705.stm|title=Syria begins Lebanon withdrawal|date=12. marts 2005|work=BBC News|access-date=11. december 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308091520/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4342705.stm|archive-date=8. marts 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> og de sidste soldater forlod landet d. [[26. april]] [[2005]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/26/lebanon/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726023249/http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/26/lebanon/ |archive-date=26. juli 2008 |title=Last Syrian troops leave Lebanon |access-date=17. januar 2013}}</ref>
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