The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in the north and Wadi Raqqad in the east. Two thirds of the area has been occupied by Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War and then effectively annexed in 1981 – an action unrecognized by the international community, which continues to consider it Israeli-occupied Syrian territory.
Israel's airstrikes on Damascus have killed at least 15 people and injured 16 others, many of whom were women and children. The..
In a troubling escalation, Israeli airstrikes launched from the Golan Heights have targeted Damascus, resulting in the tragic..
