A6 Syria to Assemble Parliament Syria said its president , Bashar al-Assad , would convene a session of Parliament to deliver a speech , raising expectations that he would announce a partial pullout of Syrian troops from Lebanon in an effort to ease the growing international pressure on his government .
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