Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara and United Nations envoy Terje Roed-Larsen head towards a news conference in Damascus. Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara (R) and United Nations (U.N.) envoy Terje Roed-Larsen head towards a news conference in Damascus, April 3, 2005. Roed-Larsen said Syria had promised to withdraw all its troops from neighbouring Lebanon by April 30 and accepted a U.N. team be dispatched to verify the pullout. REUTERS /Khaled al-Hariri