Lebanese security officials say Syria has pulled two-thousand more troops out of Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley.
Officials in Beirut today Monday say the latest withdrawal brings the Syrian military presence down to about eight-thousand troops, the lowest level since they entered Lebanon nearly three decades ago.
Lebanese officials say the Syrian-Lebanese Military Commission will meet next week to set a timetable for the complete withdrawal of all remaining Syrian forces.
Also Monday, a senior Lebanese Foreign Ministry official is en route to New York to attend a U.N. Security Council meeting. Council members are expected to call for an international investigation of last month's assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
In other developments, Lebanon's main opposition leader Walid Jumblatt says he has no current plans to press for disarmament of the militant group Hezbollah.