The Golan Heights, [c] or simply the Golan, is a 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 …

Jan 24, 2025 · The Golan Heights is a 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 …

The Golan – rising from 400 to 1700 feet in the western section bordering on pre-1967 Israel – overlooks the Huleh Valley, Israel’s richest agricultural area. In the hands of a friendly …

Jan 23, 2025 · Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the Israel military has taken new positions in Golan Heights areas. QUNEITRA PROVINCE, GOLAN HEIGHTS, Syria — The Golan Heights …

The Golan Heights are a rocky plateau in the Levant region of Western Asia that was captured by Israel from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community, with the exception of …

On March 25, 2019, the United States officially recognized the Golan Heights as being under the sovereignty of Israel.

Dec 14, 2024 · Israel captured the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau in southwestern Syria that abuts Mount Hermon, in the 1967 war and has occupied it since. Syria attempted to retake the …

Dec 10, 2024 · The Israeli government decided on Sunday to double its population on the occupied Golan Heights while saying threats from Syria remained despite the moderate tone …

Jul 29, 2024 · What is the Golan Heights and who controls it? The rocky patch of land, which under international law belongs to Syria, is where the latest tensions between Israel and …

Dec 10, 2024 · Following is a quick guide to the hilly, 1,200-square-kilometre (460 square-mile) Golan Heights, a fertile and strategic plateau that overlooks Israel's Galilee region as well as …