Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 12

21-March-2005

Political Comment (21 March 2005)

UN special envoy Terje Roed-Larsen appears to have secured a Syrian agreement to withdraw from Lebanon before parliamentary elections in May. Nonetheless, the anti-Syrian opposition in Lebanon continues to block the formation of a national unity government. Palestinian militant groups have agreed conditionally to extend the current truce in the occupied territories.

Syria Agrees To Withdraw

The...