Syria govt forces evacuate positions in Quneitra near Israel-annexed Golan: Monitor

Syrian troops withdrew from their positions in the southern province of Quneitra bordering the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday, a war monitor said.

“Regime forces evacuated military and security positions while civil servants left their posts, leaving the province (of Quneitra)… free of the Syrian army for the very first time,” said Rami Abdel Rahman who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor.