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Plateau in northern Israel captured from Syria in 1967 and annexed in 1981. Known for its beautiful scenery and vineyards.
IDF operates in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on December 13, 2024.

Syrian allegedly injured by IDF gunfire while protesting Israeli incursion in buffer zone

 Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (left), (illustrative).

Israel, Turkey trade barbs over Syrian occupation

 Demonstrators call for the return of the Gaza hostages in a hostage deal, December 14, 2024.

Netanyahu denies trip to Cairo for hostage talks as deal edges closer

IDF soldiers stand atop tanks in the Golan Heights near Israel's border with Syria.

Residents of Syrian Golan villages, rebels transfer Assad weapons to IDF

 THE ARAB Contact Group on Syria meets in Aqaba, this past Saturday. Those present included US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, and the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Lebanon.

Arab countries condemn Israel's 'opportunistic scheme' for Golan Heights expansion

CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights

Israel approves plan to expand communities in the Golan Heights

The east-west-oriented Roman road in Sussita, in the Golan Heights.

Preserved Roman road in Golan found to be constructed in the late second century CE

 PEOPLE CELEBRATE the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, in Sednaya, Syria, this week. The spectacular collapse of the Assad regime has introduced both uncertainty and opportunity, the writer notes.

Israel's northern border: A crossroads of security and strategy

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN
Weapons discovered by the IDF in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on December 13, 2024.

'Protecting residents of the Golan': IDF locates weapons and ammunition in Syria's buffer zone

 Screen grab of Syrian Druze discussing a call to be annexed to Israel.

Syrian Druze call to be annexed to Israel: 'What's our fate, brothers?'

 SPENT BULLET CARTRIDGES lie on the ground after rebels seized Damascus and ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad this week. Syria has been a complete mess, as a country that failed to take into account the number of different religious minorities and ethnic groups in the territory, says the writer.

Israel is reshaping the Middle East as Assad regime crumbles

 Israeli soldiers take a position in the Golan Heights, near the Israeli border with Syria, northern Israel, December 8, 2024

Israel tells UN it has taken 'limited, temporary' measures to counter threats in Syria

 IDF troops conduct operations in UN buffer zones to secure the border with Syria, December 9, 2024.

IDF Paratroopers secure northern border as Syrian revolution escalates

 IDF troops conduct an exercise in the Golan Heights. December 3, 2024.

Israel at war: What happened on day 429?

 Israeli soldiers take a position in the Golan Heights, near the Israeli border with Syria, northern Israel, December 8, 2024.

Halevi to Golani recruits: We are engaged on four fronts, we deployed to Syria last night

 Overlooking Syria from Israel’s old border fort at Tel Saki

Reporting from the Golan Heights, on the day Assad was overthrown

The Syrian area of Quneitra is seen in the background as an out-of-commission Israeli tank parks on a hill, near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, in the Golan Heights.

IDF strikes Syrian chemical weapons factory, places tanks at buffer zone

Israeli soldiers seen near the Israeli border with Syria, northern Israel, December 7, 2024

How does the Syrian revolution impact Israel’s border?