The Golan is not only strategic – it’s sacred, rooted in memory and meaning. JUNE 8, 2025 By PAUSHALI LASS Visit the Golan Heights before summer: Cherry picking, nature, and history ...

“While we welcome real peace efforts, we are very clear: any future agreement must recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan,” leaders in the Golan Heights noted in a press release.

The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau about 60km (40 miles) south-west of Damascus. Israel seized the Golan from Syria in the closing stages of the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed it in 1981.

The situation in the Golan Heights "must be brought in full compliance with the 1974 disengagement of forces agreement between Syria and Israel," Putin said ...