Syria Occupies Lebanon. Again

Read Bret Stephens article in the Wall Street Journal in which he describes Syria’s latest land grab as “proportionally equivalent to a foreign power occupying Arizona. “

Stephens refers to the latest report by the International Lebanese Committee for UNSCR 1559:

In meticulous detail — supplemented by photographs, satellite images, archival material and Lebanese military maps predating Syria’s 1976 invasion (used as a basis of comparison with Syria’s current positions) — the authors describe precisely where and how Lebanon has been infiltrated. In the area of the village of Maarboun, for instance, the authors observed Syrian military checkpoints a mile inside Lebanon. In the Birak al-Rassass Valley, they photographed Syrian anti-aircraft batteries. On the outskirts of the village of Kossaya they found a heavily fortified camp belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in violation of U.N. resolutions and Lebanese demands.

The author then adds his own testimony. Read the entire thing.