Russian military police (MP) has been deployed to Eastern Ghouta on the edge of the capital Damascus, and to an area in the southwest of Syria. Colonel General (three stars) Sergei Rudskoi, Chief of Main Operational Directorate, the General Staff, told reporters on July 24 that the units had been deployed on July 21-22 in the southwestern de-escalation zone near the border with Israel and Jordan. The area was demarcated earlier this month. On July 24, Russian military police also set up two checkpoints and four observation posts around the key rebel-held area of Eastern Ghouta.
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