Russian Army Patrol Daraa Enclave in Syria to Avert Offensive, Sources Say

Russian forces moved into an opposition enclave in the Syrian city of Deraa on Tuesday to try to avert an army assault on a stronghold that has defied state authority since it was retaken three years ago, witnesses, residents, and army sources said. Their entry brought a halt to shelling by pro-Iranian army units who have encircled the enclave, where protests first erupted in 2011, and had attempted to storm the area on Monday in the latest drive to force former opposition fighters to surrender. The Syrian army, aided by Russian air power and Iranian militias, in 2018 retook control of t

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