Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 10

7-March-2005

Political Comment (7 March 2005)

After the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Umar Karami, the Americans and French have continued to turn the screws on Syria, and the Saudis may have delivered the coup de grace to the Syrian presence in Lebanon. The Lebanese opposition is also demanding a Syrian withdrawal as a condition for participating in consultations on a new government. The London conference has produced Palestinian and...