Lebanese reclaim the south - Scotland on Sunday

BEN LYNFIELD IN JERUSALEM THE Lebanese army yesterday deployed south of the Litani River as part of Middle East ceasefire arrangements, taking a tentative first step to reclaiming government sovereignty over the battle-scarred country. The deployment marks the extension of government sovereignty over the whole country for the first time since 1969, when a weak Lebanese government agreed to allow the Palestine Liberation Organisation to carry out attacks on Israel from the south. From 1978 to 2000 ...