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...test: approval by Syria, which was not a party to the negotiations, but retains some 40,000 troops in Lebanon. Although the accord deals only with Israeli troops, Jerusalem has insisted its pullout is contingent upon the simultaneous withdrawal of all Syrian and P.L.O. forces. Thus if Syrian President Hafez Assad refuses to remove his army, Israeli soldiers will stay in Lebanon indefinitely. Shultz flew to Damascus on Saturday, declaring on arrival that he wanted to discuss "ways of putting an end to the turmoil in Lebanon." After six hours of talks with Assad and other Syrian officials, he wearily...
...expected in Amman on March 27 to meet with Hussein. But instead Arafat flew to Saudi Arabia and then to Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait and Syria. Arafat's aim was to shore up Arab support before making any commitment to King Hussein. Arafat did not see Syrian President Hafez Assad, who is strongly opposed to Jordanian participation in peace talks, but he did deliver a fiery speech to a large throng of supporters in Damascus. The next day Arafat arrived in the Jordanian capital in a silver Mercedes after a three-hour drive from Damascus...
...What role do you see for President Hafez Assad of Syria...
Even if Israel and Lebanon reach an agreement on troop withdrawals, Syrian President Hafez Assad will still have to go along with it. Assad has reportedly made up his mind to remove his 30,000 troops from Lebanon when the Israeli forces are withdrawn. But any Israeli efforts to gain a permanent military foothold in Lebanon could lead to a similar demand by the Syrians, and thus to further delays...
Arafat's most outspoken opponent is Syrian President Hafez Assad. Arafat is determined to preserve the P.L.O.'s independence, while Assad is seeking to dominate the organization. Assad's great fear is that the Palestinians will reach an agreement with Israel over the West Bank and Gaza, leaving the Golan Heights, which Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 war and has since annexed, in Israeli hands. In an effort to strengthen the P.L.O.'s hard-line factions, Assad has encouraged criticism of Arafat's diplomatic maneuvers and placed frustrating restrictions on P.L.O. fighters within...