Israeli PM repatriates Syrian woman under the Swap deal

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JERUSALEM, 19 February, 2021 (TON): PM office Israel announced that under the Russia-brokered swap deal an Israeli citizen who crossed the border into Syria has been repatriated.

The move came hours after Israel freed two Syrian shepherds as part of the swap deal.

The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu extended gratitude towards Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday for facilitating the exchange.

Earlier this week, Syrian media reported that the Israeli woman accidentally entered Syria's Quneitra region after crossing from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.

Along the Golan Heights, Israel and Syria have a border that the Jewish state seized from Syria during the 1967 Middle East war and annexed in 1981. 

 

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