DAMASCUS: Syrian police deployed across devastated districts in southern Damascus on Tuesday, according to state media, a day after the government captured the area from the Islamic State group.

The government on Monday seized the Yarmuk Palestinian camp and adjacent neighborhoods of Tadamun and Hajar al-Aswad, putting Damascus fully under its control for the first time since 2012.

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