<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Lebanon</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/mideast/neareast/lebanon?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</link><description>Lebanon</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Al-Jazeera Puts Focus on Reform]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45555-2005May8.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45555-2005May8.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ DOHA, Qatar  --  From its headquarters, dispersed among cramped trailers, air-conditioned tents and a squat box of a building on a dusty lot crawling with stray cats, an unlikely ally has emerged in this desert capital for the Bush administration's new Middle East democracy campaign  --  al-Jazeera.]]></description><author> Robin Wright</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syrian Intelligence Still in Lebanon]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18717-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18717-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Syria has not withdrawn a significant part of its intelligence presence in Lebanon, undermining its claim yesterday to have ended its 29-year intervention in its western neighbor, U.S., European and U.N. officials said.]]></description><author> Robin Wright</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last Syrian Soldiers Depart Lebanon]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18716-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18716-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MASNAA, Lebanon, April 26  --  The last Syrian soldiers slipped out of Lebanon on Tuesday in a convoy of flatbed trucks, buses and jeeps, ending a 29-year deployment that began during the civil war and ended with only scant acknowledgment from opponents of the long military presence.]]></description><author> Scott Wilson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mideast Diplomat Morris Draper, 77]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16401-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16401-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Morris Draper, 77, who served as President Ronald Reagan's special Middle East envoy during the Lebanon crisis, died April 15 at the Washington Home hospice center. He had lung cancer.]]></description><author> Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[After 29 Years, Syrians Go Quietly]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16312-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16312-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RIYAQ, Lebanon, April 25  --  Crouching over a small stone pedestal amid a grove of pines, Maj. Hadi Husseini on Monday quietly marked the imminent end of Syria's nearly three-decade military presence in Lebanon. He carefully put the finishing touches on a monument he designed, simple and solemn, to memorialize the thousands of Syrian soldiers who have died in his country over the years.]]></description><author> Scott Wilson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Formerly Bitter Enemies Become Promoters of Peace]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8062-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8062-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  No formal truth commissions were set up in Lebanon to help Muslims and Christians overcome the religious phobias and feelings of vengeance that ripped the country apart for 17 years.]]></description><author> Nora Boustany</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S., Allies Upset by Delay of U.N. Report]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3099-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3099-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/lebanon</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:04:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  In a new spat with the U.N. leadership, the United States, France and Britain have expressed alarm at a decision by Secretary General Kofi Annan to delay a final report on whether Syria is fully complying with a Security Council resolution calling for its withdrawal from Lebanon, according to U.S. officials and Western diplomats.]]></description><author> Robin Wright</author></item></channel></rss>