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The UN ‘peacekeeping’ UNDOF returns to Syria for first time in years, conducting joint patrols with Russian military police, acknowledging Moscow’s standing in the region.
• Iranian-backed troops still posted near Damascus, and only 25 miles from Mount Hermon.
By The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff
U.N. peacekeepers returned to the Israel-Syria border on the Golan Heights on Thursday, for the first time in years.
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force officials conducted joint patrols with Russian military police in a reflection of Moscow’s deepening role in mediating between the decades-old foes in the volatile region.
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The irony of it all!