Tag: Israel
Syrian villagers near the Golan Heights say Israeli forces are banning them from their fields
Israeli forces have set up a position in an abandoned Syrian army base in the village of Maariyah and prevented local farmers from...
Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen's rebel-held capital and port city after Houthi attack targets Israel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A series of intense Israeli airstrikes shook Yemen's rebel-held capital and a port city early Thursday and...
Opinion: Why travel and suffer through LAX, flights, lost luggage? Here's one good reason
As an L.A. native and a professional traveler, I know getting a ride to LAX is rarely fun. But even I was...
AP PHOTOS: Majdal Shams, Israeli-controlled home to the Druze, perches uneasily at the edge of war
MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AP) — High in the mountains of the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, the town of Majdal Shams is home to...
What is the Golan Heights and why is the territory so important to Israel and Syria?
The Golan Heights, situated in the southwest corner of Syria and bordering Israel, Lebanon and Jordan, is a 1,000 square mile rocky plateau...
A diminished Hezbollah is made even weaker by the toppling of Assad in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from...