UNSC presses Syria on Lebanon pullout
The UN Security Council on Tuesday called unanimously for Syria to pull its troops out of neighbouring Lebanon, a demand that the Syrians quickly rejected.
Syria instead blamed the United States and France for trying to manipulate the council and underlined it had taken no action in the face of the deadly Israeli offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Capping days of diplomatic haggling, the 15-member council agreed on a statement calling on Damascus to comply with a previous resolution pushed through the council in September, which demanded the military pullout.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The United States and France battled to get the statement adopted despite strong opposition on the council, which only passed the September resolution with the minimum of nine votes in favour and six abstentions.
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