The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria, the largest part of which has been occupied and administered by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War. [1][2] 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 ...
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 military occupation, and in December 1981 Israel unilaterally annexed the part of the Golan it held.
Golan Heights | History, Map, Buffer Zone, Population, 1974, & Facts ...
A history of the Golan Heights from Biblical times to the present along with a discussion of peace talks with Syria.
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Israeli gov’t approves nearly $330 million Golan build-up plan Katzrin is to be designated as the first city on the strategic plateau.
The Golan Heights, situated in the southwest corner of Syria and bordering Israel, Lebanon and Jordan, is a 1,000 square mile rocky plateau around 40 miles (60 kilometres) from Damascus, although...
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The Israeli government has approved a multi-year, nearly 1 billion shekel plan to expand development in the Golan Heights and the town of Katzrin.
Syria tried to regain the Golan in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, but was thwarted. Israel and Syria signed an armistice in 1974 and the Golan has been relatively quiet since.