The Taif Accord that ended the 1975-90 war contained provisions regulating the Syrian military presence.

Here are some key facts on the Taif Accord:

* The Arab League arranged a truce in Lebanon's civil war. Christian and Muslim parliamentarians met in the Saudi resort of Taif in September 1989.

* The next month they accepted the Taif Accord to reduce the political power of the Christian minority. Lebanese Christian army commander General Michel Aoun rejected the plan because it failed to guarantee a Syrian pullout.

* In August 1990, parliament enacted the Taif Accord which then became Lebanon's new constitution.

* It was the first time since Lebanon's independence in 1943, when Christians were considered to make up most of the population, that fundamental amendments to the constitution were introduced.

* The accord gave the country's Muslim majority more say in the Christian-dominated political system, helping to assuage one of the main Muslim grievances in the Lebanese civil war.

* It included shifting power from the president to the cabinet as a whole. According to tradition, the president is a Christian Maronite, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim and the speaker of parliament a Shi'ite Muslim.

-- The reforms also increased the number of deputies on a half-Muslim, half-Christian basis. Seats in the assembly had been divided on a ratio of five Christians to four Muslims.

* The accord stipulated the withdrawal of Syria's then 40,000 troops from most of the country within two years of the accord being passed. It called for the disbanding of all of Lebanon's militias within six months.