Israel, Golan Heights and Syria

Israel plans to double population in occupied Golan Heights amid intensive airstrikes in Syria
Israel announced plans to double its population in the occupied Golan Heights, earning international condemnation.
Golan Heights: Strategic Israeli-occupied Plateau On Syria Border
Since the toppling of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad more than a week ago, Israel has sparked international condemnation with its moves in the Golan Heights, a strategic territory on the border with Syria.
Israel to open 'new front' in Golan Heights, Netanyahu says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he will double the Israeli population of the Golan Heights following the fall of Syria's Bashar Al-Assad. The Israeli government approved the plan on Sunday.
Israel plans to expand into Golan Heights in a 'new front' in Syria
Israel's "demographic development" plan to increase settler numbers only applies to the area of the Golan Heights that Israel seized during the Six Day War in 1967 and later annexed in 1981 and not to territory taken since al-Assad's ouster.
What is the significance of Golan Heights, the Israeli-occupied zone in Syria?
The hilly, 1,200-square-km area is a fertile and strategic plateau that overlooks Israel’s Galilee region as well as Lebanon, and borders Jordan
Israel plans to expand Golan settlements after fall of Assad
Israel says the move is necessary following the takeover of neighbouring Syria by an Islamist-led rebel alliance.
Live briefing: Israel approves plan to expand settlements on occupied Golan Heights
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says U.S. officials have made direct contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. HTS’s leader condemned Israel’s incursion into Syria.
Israel Seeking To 'Expand Borders' Through Golan Plan: Turkey
Turkey on Monday denounced an Israeli plan to double the population living in the occupied and annexed Golan Heights as a bid to "expand its borders".
What is the Golan Heights and why is the territory so important to Israel and Syria?
More than four decades later, the entire international community - bar the US and Israel - considers the Golan Heights to be ...
What is the Golan Heights and what does it mean to Israel and Syria?
Israel denied on Tuesday it had advanced into Syria beyond a buffer zone with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since the ...
World steps up Syria involvement as Israel looks to boost Golan Heights control
The international community is accelerating its involvement in Syrian affairs, with the UN sending a special envoy to Syria.
Israel launches ‘most violent’ strikes on Syrian coast as it vows to double settler numbers in Golan Heights
Early on Monday, Israel struck Syrian army missile warehouses in the city of Tartous in the “most violent strikes in the ...
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Explainer-What is the significance of the Golan Heights?
The Israeli government decided on Sunday to double its population on the occupied Golan Heights while saying threats from ...