The Golan spreads over basalt rock with fertile land and vital water sources that feed the Jordan River and the Hasbani River, which flows from Lebanon through the Golan. The Golan Heights are ...

Turritha, a site marked by basalt stone heaps along the Hasbani River. Golgol, meanwhile, evokes the Hebrew root GLGL, meaning "to roll," and could describe a nearby round hill now called Tell ...

Israel appeared to be backing off on Saturday from a threatened "water war" with Lebanon as desperation over how to overcome a three-year drought drew ...