I mentioned last week about the Russians entering the Golan Heights. This is the article.

Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoi speaks during a news briefing, with a map showing the territory of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria seen in the background, in Moscow, Russia August 2, 2018.

Below right is a map of the same region, but, in English. The news in this article was provided to Reuters. Since they are military police the Russians have provided, it appears as though there is no confrontation expected. I do believe the Russians are to be viewed as peacekeepers.

August 2, 2018
By Denis Pinchuk and Tom Balmforth

Moscow - Russia (click here) will deploy its military police on the Golan Heights frontier between Syria and Israel, its defense ministry said on Thursday, after weeks of mounting volatility in the area.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s sweeping away of rebels in southwestern Syria has worried Israel, which believes it could allow his Iranian backers to entrench their troops close to the frontier.

Underlining the tensions, Israel killed seven militants in an overnight air strike on the Syrian-held part of the Golan Heights, Israeli radio said on Thursday....