Tag: southern Syria

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...

Israel strikes Syria 480 times and seizes territory as Netanyahu pledges to change face of the Middle East

The collapse of the Assad regime has prompted a punishing military response from Israel, which has launched airstrikes at military targets across Syria...