Golan Heights

Israeli violence escalates over the weekend

Israeli forces kill another Palestinian in Jenin while illegal settlers set fire to houses and shops in the occupied West Bank. Israeli army issues a statement about a Syrian national killed for allegedly approaching the Alpha Zone.

US, Palestine discuss commitment to two states based on 'pre-1967 lines'

Both officials "discussed their commitment to a two-state solution along the pre-1967 lines with mutually agreed land swaps and joint efforts to improve the quality of life for the Palestinian people," says US State Department spokesperson Ned Price.

'Israeli strike' hits Syrian regime soldiers in Damascus

Attack kills at least three Syrian soldiers and wounds seven others besides causing material damage, regime media says.

Is Israel using the Ukraine crisis to tilt demographics in its favour?

The Middle Eastern country’s concern with the European conflict may go beyond humanitarian motives.

Israel hits Syrian regime military positions near Golan Heights

The attack came nearly a week after Syrian regime media reported a similar Israeli missile attack on an area south of the capital Damascus, which had also caused no casualties.

PM Bennett: Israel to double settlement in occupied Golan Heights

US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights prompted new investment in the region, says Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

Syrian regime soldier killed in Israeli attack

Regime activates air defences after rockets from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hit military posts, local media say.

Siege: Desperation in Syria’s Daraa as Assad reverts to his old ways

Ten years after the Syrian war was sparked in Daraa, locals in the town once again face a brutal siege - but this time with no backing from armed rebels.

Israel is changing the demographics of Golan Heights too

Replicating the Jerusalem model, Tel Aviv aims to create a Jewish majority with illegal settlements in occupied Golan Heights.

Explosions reported in Syria's Masyaf after Israeli jets fly over Beirut

Israel rarely confirms details of its operations in Syria, but says Iran's presence backing regime leader Bashar al Assad is a threat.

Bahrain won't allow Israeli imports from occupied Palestinian territories

Manama disavows comments made by Gulf state's trade minister earlier this week in which he had voiced openness to settlement imports, outraging Palestinians.

Ancient rock art discovered in Golan Heights burial sites

The megalithic structure is one of the thousands of so-called dolmens scattered around northern Israel and the wider region, burial tombs erected some 4,000-4,500 years ago in the Intermediate Bronze Era.