Tag: Syria

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...

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...

Satellite images show excavation at suspected Syria mass grave site

STORY: :: Satellite images from 2014-2022 show excavationat the site of a suspected mass grave in Syria:: Google/Maxar Technologies:: Al Qutayfah, Syria:: September...

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...

Ukraine to set up mechanism to supply food to Syria, Zelenskiy says

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he had instructed his government to set up supply mechanisms to deliver together...

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...