The World - News from Oct. 30, 1985
More pro-Syrian militiamen withdrew from positions on the Muslim side of Beirut’s Green Line battle zone in what they called “a sign of good will” to aid Syrian efforts to end Lebanon’s factional fighting. The pullout by about 260 gunmen of the Lebanese Baath Party coincided with an expanded crackdown by the major Christian militia on newspapers loyal to President Amin Gemayel. Elie Hobeika, head of the Lebanese Forces, closed Le Reveil, of the Christian Falangist Party, five days after closing another Falangist paper, Al Amal.
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