Russian military police continue to patrol and put up eight positions near the Golan Heights on the Syrian-Israeli border, said deputy commander of Russian troops in Syria for a military police colonel Viktor Zaitsev.
Zaitsev told, it is now the first stationary observation post of the Russian military police put in Quneitra province in the future will be organized by seven fixed positions. At the same time the Russian military police posts will be put before the demilitarized zone, but in the zone will be in the UN peacekeeping force. In this way, Zaitsev emphasized, Russian police will ensure peace on the territory of Quneitra Province, and UN peacekeepers in the demilitarized zone.
Recall, that the Golan Heights, belonging to Syria, They were captured by Israel in 1967 year and in the course of the Six Day War 1981 by unilaterally recognized territory of Israel, in defiance of UN resolutions, recognized the illegal annexation. Later part of the territory of the Golan with the settlement of Quneitra were returned to Syria, where a demilitarized zone with UN peacekeepers was established, who carried it up to the service 2011 of the year, when because of the threat of peacekeepers life mission was terminated. This year, after the liberation of Quneitra province from insurgents, UN mission with the help of Russian military police patrol carried out the first zone.
