Syrian Intelligence Abandons Headquarters
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Syrian intelligence agents abandoned their main headquarters in Lebanon, leaving the nerve center from which they had controlled much of their neighbor’s affairs for 29 years.
Shortly afterward, Lebanese Maj. Gen. Jamil Sayyed -- often described as the enforcer of Syrian policy -- resigned, and another top security commander left the country with his family.
Only about 300 Syrian soldiers remained for today’s ceremony at an air base in the eastern Bekaa Valley to mark the official end of Syria’s presence.
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