A recent study has questioned the long-held belief that Rujm el-Hiri, the ancient Golan stone circle in Israel, was used as an astronomical observatory. Researchers from Tel Aviv University found that ...

A theory of the site was that its walls and entrances aligned with astronomical bodies, but as the site has shifted from its ...

A new analysis of the 6,000-year-old stone circle known as Rujm el-Hiri (also Gilgal Refaim) in Golan Heights suggests that ...

Syrian leader Bashar Assad was ousted after nearly 25 years in power. Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 ...

Archaeologists think the oldest parts of the Rujm el-Hiri stone circle in the Golan Heights were built more than 6,000 years ago. | Credit: Samion Buchas via Shutterstock An ancient and enigmatic ...

The Israeli government has approved a plan to expand illegal settlements in the occupied Golan Heights, as international concern grows over Israel’s actions in Syria since the fall of the Assad ...

Ein Zivan, Golan Heights: A dry mountain wind whipped through a cluster of Israeli flags at the entrance of a kibbutz in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, where the tranquility belies the ...

Locals in Syria's Golan Heights told NPR that they fear a recent Israeli military operation in the area could be a land grab. Israel says the move is necessary to secure its borders.

Israel has taken over a buffer zone between Israel and Syria and says its forces will not withdraw until it is sure that residents of the Golan Heights border area will be secure. Half of these ...

At the end of a winding road on a dusty hillside in the Israeli-annexed Golan, the yellow gates of Trump Heights slowly open ... pointing on a map to the area Israelis call Mount Dov and the ...

Israel says its presence in the Golan Heights border highlands is vital for ... "That's where my village is." The 50-year-old farmer can see his home, but he can't go back. Ramadan says just ...