Why does Israel occupy the Golan Heights? It was captured by Israeli forces during the Six-Day War of 1967, a short conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbours.

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

Zvi Yechezkeli on Assad's fall: It's a golden hour for Israel, a chance that won't return Analyst Zvi Yechezkeli says Israel made the right move in taking over the Syrian Golan Heights, stresses ...

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. The ...

Will attack on occupied Golan Heights push Israel, Hezbollah towards war? Israel has blamed Hezbollah for a rocket attack on Majdal Shams. Lebanese group denies role but Israel says the group will ...

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.

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.

NY Post readers discuss the Hezbollah rocket that killed 12 children and injured dozens more in the Golan Heights.

What is the Golan Heights and why is Israel there? The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau in south-west Syria, extending towards north-east Israel.

At the end of a winding road on a dusty hillside in the Israeli-annexed Golan, the yellow gates of Trump Heights slowly open for cars, passing a golden-lettered sign honouring the US president-elect.

After a strike this weekend that killed 12 children in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, is an all out war between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah likely?

Israel vowed Hezbollah will “pay the price” after blaming the Lebanese militant group for a rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 people, including children ...