What is the Golan Heights and who controls it? The rocky patch of land, which under international law belongs to Syria, is where the latest tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have exploded.

Provides an overview of the Golan Heights, a strategically key Syrian territory occupied by Israel.

In 2019, the US recognised the Golan Heights as Israeli sovereign territory during Donald Trump’s first term – becoming the only state to do so.

Locals in Syria's Golan Heights told NPR that they fear a recent Israeli military operation in the area could be a land grab. Israel says the move is necessary to secure its borders.

A map showing the Golan Heights region between Syria and Israel and the positions of Israeli forces in the region.

Rocket attack on town in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights wounds several people The attack comes after an Israeli airstrike on south Lebanon killed three members of the militant Hezbollah group.

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.

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 is a piece of high ground in one of the most conflict-prone places on Earth. That’s made it a focus of global dispute since Israel seized the plateau from Syria in the 1967 ...