Analyst Zvi Yechezkeli says Israel made the right move in taking over the Syrian Golan Heights, stresses that 'the Shiite axis has collapsed,' Syria will take many years to recover from civil war.

Why is Israel so keen on Golan Heights? Around 23,000 Druze people, who largely identify as Arabs and didn’t flee the land during the 1967 war, currently live alongside 30 Israeli settlements in ...

There are about 20,000 Israeli settlers living in the Golan Heights now. Some Syrians fear that Israel is taking advantage of Syria's fledgling government to make a land grab.

Among Israel’s recent violations of Syrian sovereignty, which include hundreds of air attacks, is its renewed encroachment into the Golan Heights – with tanks and illegal settlements.

Tensions between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have reached new heights in the wake of a deadly rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. CNN values your feedback 1.

The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau in south-west Syria, extending towards north-east Israel. In the 1967 Middle East war, Israel captured about 1,200 km sq (about 460 square miles) of the Golan ...

Israel occupied the Golan Heights during the Six-Day War of 1967, later annexing it in 1981 despite condemnation from the UN Security Council. It has resisted all Syrian efforts to reclaim the ...

The Golan Heights were part of Syria until 1967, when Israel captured most of the plateau in the Six-Day War, occupying it and annexing it unilaterally in 1981. That annexation was not recognised ...

The Golan Heights: A Longstanding Dispute Since capturing the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel has faced international opposition to its 1981 annexation of the region.

Trump broke with other leaders on the Golan Heights. Israel annexed the Golan, a strategic plateau overlooking northern Israel, in 1981 in a move that is not internationally recognized.