In 1973, Syria tried to reclaim the Golan Heights in a war it waged on Israel with Egypt. It failed, but Israel and Syria agreed to sign an armistice, leading to a demilitarized buffer zone ...

Israeli forces have seized a buffer zone in the Golan Heights established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria, whose rule by Syrian President Bashar Assad ended with takeover by rebels.

JERUSALEM. Israel has expanded its occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights this week by seizing a UN-supervised demilitarized buffer zone, hours after the downfall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.

Israel entered the buffer zone in the Golan Heights hours after Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime crumbled . Alex Croft. Monday 16 December 2024 06:24 GMT. Comments. open image in gallery.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the Israel Defense Forces, IDF, have seized control of the demilitarised buffer zone in the Golan Heights. The move follows the collapse of ...

In 1973, Syria tried to reclaim the Golan Heights in a war it waged on Israel with Egypt. It failed, but Israel and Syria agreed to sign an armistice, leading to a demilitarized buffer zone ...

In 1973, Syria tried to reclaim the Golan Heights in a war it waged on Israel with Egypt. It failed, but Israel and Syria agreed to sign an armistice, leading to a demilitarized buffer zone ...

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.

QUNEITRA PROVINCE, GOLAN HEIGHTS, Syria — The Golan Heights is a rocky terrain dotted with olive trees and grazing cows, and it's enclosed by snow-capped mountains. For much of his life, Khaled ...