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Turkey slams Israel's annexation plan, calls it bid to expand borders
1 week ago

Turkey slams Israel's annexation plan, calls it bid to expand borders

Firstpost  

Israel’s government on Sunday approved a plan to double the population of the annexed Golan Heights, just days after its troops seized a UN-monitored buffer zone bordering Syria as rebel forces moved on Damascus An Israeli armoured vehicle maneuvers along the security fence near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of …

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Why Israel has its eyes set on Syria’s Golan Heights
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1 week ago

Why Israel has its eyes set on Syria’s Golan Heights

Firstpost  

The Israeli government has green-lit a plan to double the population in the occupied Golan Heights. Here’s why An Israeli armoured vehicle maneuvers along the security fence near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, December 15, 2024. Israeli forces captured the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six-Day War, …

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Is Israel trying to entrench its occupation of the Golan Heights?
1 week, 1 day ago

Is Israel trying to entrench its occupation of the Golan Heights?

Al Jazeera  

Since the fall of the al-Assad regime, Israel has attacked Syria to deepen the occupation of the Golan Heights. 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. During the 1973 October War, Syria tried to take back the Golan Heights but …

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'Syrian-led' must not be just lip service: China Daily editorial
1 week, 1 day ago

'Syrian-led' must not be just lip service: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Soon after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad government of Syria on Dec 8, Israel bombed military targets in Syria and quickly occupied the United Nations-recognized buffer zone of the Golan Heights to "protect its own security". In a bid to avert some of the international pressure, Tel Aviv claimed its occupation of the Golan Heights will be "temporary", and …

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What is the Golan Heights and why is the territory so important to Israel and Syria?
1 week, 4 days ago

What is the Golan Heights and why is the territory so important to Israel and Syria?

The Independent  

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What is the Golan Heights and why is the territory so important to Israel and Syria?
1 week, 6 days ago

What is the Golan Heights and why is the territory so important to Israel and Syria?

The Independent  

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Syria condemns Israel’s plan to double Golan Heights settlements
2 years, 11 months ago

Syria condemns Israel’s plan to double Golan Heights settlements

Al Jazeera  

Syrian foreign ministry calls Israeli move to double the number of settlers in annexed region ‘dangerous and unprecedented’. Syria says Israel’s plans to double the number of settlers living in Israeli-annexed Golan Heights are “dangerous and unprecedented” and only perpetuate its occupation of the territory. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Sunday a multimillion-dollar plan meant to double the …

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