Syrian army in full control of territory adjacent to Golan Heights

World July 31, 2018, 19:40

The military operation against terrorists in southern Syria is over, Russia's chief negotiator at the talks added

SOCHI, July 31. /TASS/. Syrian government troops completely control the territories adjacent to the Golan Heights now that the operation against terrorists in southern Syria is over, Russian president’s special envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentyev said on Tuesday.

"Now, Syrian posts have been deployed in the entire territory adjacent to the disengagement line between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights and at the Jordanian border," he said.

Operation in Southern Syria 

The military operation against terrorists in southern Syria is over, Lavrentyev has added. 

"I would like to stress that the operation against Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra (both outlawed in Russia as terrorist organizations) militants in southern and southwestern Syria is over," he said.

"The territory around al-Quneitra, Daraa and along the Syria-Israeli-Jordanian border has been cleared of terrorists completely," Lavrentyev stressed.

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