Israeli has occupied the Golan Heights since the 1980s and now its troops have seized the demilitarised buffer zone, in response to the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship in Syria.

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

Jerusalem Post / Opinion Golan Heights: Where history, conflict, and compassion meet - opinion The Golan is not only strategic – it’s sacred, rooted in memory and meaning. CLOUDS OVER a ...

Israel says its strike in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday killed Hezbollah’s most senior military commander, who it blamed for a deadly attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

A rocket attack killed 12 children and young people in a small Syrian Druze community in the Golan Heights.

There are about 20,000 Israeli settlers living in the Golan Heights now. Some Syrians fear that Israel is taking advantage of Syria's fledgling government to make a land grab.

Israeli has occupied the Golan Heights since the 1980s and now its troops have seized the demilitarised buffer zone, in response to the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship in 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 around 40 miles (60 kilometres) from Damascus, although it ...