Russia posts troops 8km from the Israeli Golan

DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. July 25, 2017, 4:08 PM (IDT)

Russia quietly moved troops to a point in southern Syria that lies 8km from Israel’s Golan border, in the face of Israeli objections. Moscow used the uproar over the Temple Mount standoff and the diplomatic crisis between Israel and Jordan to cover its creeping troop deployment almost up to Syria’s borders with Israeli and Jordan. Israeli leaders inspected the new deployment Tuesday, July 25..
 

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