Israel and Syria have been enemies for decades, fighting in conflicts including the 1967 Six-Day War, when Israel captured ...

Here, The Independent lays out why Israel considers the Golan Heights so important. It was captured by Israeli forces during the Six-Day War of 1967, a short conflict between Israel and its Arab ...

EIN ZIVAN, Golan Heights (AP ... the population of Israeli settlers in the Golan Heights, which Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel will “continue to hold onto it ...

The ancient stone circle is in the Golan Heights, which was occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967, but the territory is still claimed by Syria. It consists of several concentric ...

in a move that expanded Israel's control over the Golan Heights, most of which it has occupied since the 1967 Middle East War. At the time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that ...

Israel captured most of the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau, from Syria in a 1967 war and annexed it in 1981. It’s considered illegally occupied territory under international law, but Israel ...

The Golan Heights belonged to Syria since 1944 but were seized by Israel after the Six-Day War in 1967. During the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Syria tried to regain control over the area but failed.

The Israeli Knesset has approved plans to increase the number of settlers in the Golan Heights, territory that was seized from Syria in 1967. The announcement comes after the dramatic downfall ...