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The Golan Heights (Arabic: هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, romanized: Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or مُرْتَفَعَاتُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Murtafaʻātu l-Jawlān; Hebrew: רמת הגולן, Ramat HaGolan, pronunciation ⓘ), or simply the Golan, is a strategic basaltic plateau, at the southwest corner of Syria.It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in the north and Wadi ...
1 day ago · Golan Heights, hilly area overlooking the upper Jordan River valley on the west. The area was part of extreme southwestern Syria until 1967, when it came under Israeli military occupation, and in December 1981 Israel unilaterally annexed the part of the Golan it held.
Aug 29, 2023 · The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau in south-western Syria, about 60km (40 miles) south-west of Damascus and covers about 1,000 sq km. It has a political and strategic significance which belies ...
4 days ago · The Golan Heights is considered to be occupied territory under international law and UN Security Council resolutions, and Syria continues to demand it be returned.
3 days ago · The Golan Heights has officially been recognised as part of Syria since the country won independence in 1944. Despite numerous wars, claims and counter-claims, the international community ...
Golan Heights, Arabic Al-Jawlān, Hilly area, southwestern Syria.It overlooks the upper Jordan River valley; its maximum elevation is 7,297 ft (2,224 m). It was occupied by the Israeli army during the Six-Day War of 1967. After the Arab-Israeli war of 1973, a UN buffer zone was established between Syrians and Israelis in the heights. In 1981 Israel unilaterally annexed the part of the Golan that it held.
4 days ago · The Druze are part of an Arabic-speaking ethnic group based in Lebanon, Syria, the Golan Heights and northern Israel. In Israel, they have full citizenship rights and comprise about 1.5% of the ...
2 days ago · There are more than one million Druse, a religious group with roots in the 11th century, across the Middle East. There are about 150,000 Druse in northern Israel and the Golan Heights. By Ephrat ...
4 days ago · A rocket attack on a football pitch in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed at least 12 young people has sparked fears of a wider regional Middle East conflict. The attack was the ...
4 days ago · Foreign politicians and diplomats sought to de-escalate tensions between Israel and Hizbollah on Sunday after a deadly rocket attack from Lebanon into Israeli-occupied territory raised fears of a ...
