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andÌýRussian military officers are in talks to reduce tensions after Moscow and held joint airÌýpatrols along the frontier of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in southwestern Syria,ÌýIsraeli media reported Monday.

The jet patrols occurred on Saturday and included air space, Israeli outlets Ynet and Times of IsraelÌýreported, referring to a Russian defence ministry statement.

"The mission route included the Golan Heights, the southern border of Syria, the Euphrates River and northern Syria... the Russian pilots took off from Khmeimim Air Base, while the Syrians took off from the Sayqal and Al-Dumayur bases near Damascus," the defence ministry statement read, according to Ynet.

The joint patrols would be a more regular occurrenceÌýmoving forward, the ministry said.

Israel regularly conducts airstrikes in SyriaÌýagainst positions belonging to Lebanon's Hezbollah and other Iran-allied militias,Ìýwhich support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Saturday's aerialÌýpatrolÌýleft Israeli officialsÌý"concerned", Ynet reported.

Russia's military intervention in Syria, which began in September 2015, has enabledÌýAssad to retake control of mostÌýof the country.

Last October, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said , in part due to the million Russian speakers present in Israel.

In the same month, he announced Ìýeven if international attitudes to the Assad regime were to change.