Publish Date: 27 July 2016 - 13:39

TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – Commander of the Basij Paramilitary Force has recently traveled to Quneitra situated in in south-western Syria.

Brigadier General Mohammadreza Naghdi has made a visit to the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate situated in a high valley in the Golan Heights at the ُSyrian border with occupied territories of Palestine. The visit seems to be paid a couple of months ago.

On 6 June 2013, the nearby Quneitra border crossing was attacked by Opposition forces and temporarily occupied, with Syrian army later retaking the crossing.

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