Just how many Syrians are left in Lebanon?

A disturbing report - but, all pro-Syrian militias and terrorist groups must be disarmed.

Despite a UN resolution calling for their withdrawal, pro-Syrian militias patrol the road to Damascus

THE Palestinian commander and his six fighters sheltered from a biting wind in their tiny post thousands of feet above the Bekaa Valley. An AK47 rifle hung from the roof, with two magazines bound together with yellow tape and an old military radio connected to car batteries.

“We have many posts in the Bekaa (Valley), but we are not going to leave any of them because the Palestinian issue has not been resolved,” said Abu Abdullah, the commander, whose Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine- General Command stands vigil on the lonely, windswept plateau.

The pro-Syrian Palestinian faction is defying growing calls in Lebanon to shut down its bases in the Bekaa Valley, which runs alongside the rugged mountainous border with Syria. The militant faction, far from abiding by a United Nations resolution calling for its withdrawal, after Syrian troops left the country two weeks ago, is bolstering its positions, witnesses say.