After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the ...

there lies a fence and some UN posts, and beyond that, the Syrian side of the Golan. The buffer zone that separates Israel from Syria is restricted by two lines on a map – the Bravo line ...

It is a move that has sparked condemnation across the region and from the UN. Here, The Independent lays out why Israel considers the Golan Heights so important. It was captured by Israeli forces ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticised Israel for launching strikes on Syria and expanding its territory further into the occupied Golan Heights after the fall of Bashar ...

The United Nations has called on Israel to withdraw. Almost a week later, Israel's government approved a plan to expand settlements in the Golan Heights. Netanyahu said he did not want conflict ...