Date: May 30, 2018 Source: The Daily Star Russia says foreign forces must quit Syria's southern border: TASS Reuters MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday the withdrawal of all non-Syrian forces from Syria's southern border with Israel should happen as soon as possible, the TASS news agency reported. Rebels control stretches of southwest Syria, bordering the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, while Syrian army troops and allied Iran-backed militias hold nearby territory.