In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

The Golan Heights, situated in the southwest corner of Syria and bordering Israel, Lebanon and Jordan, is a 1,000 square mile rocky plateau around 40 miles (60 kilometres) from Damascus ...

As part of its provocative and extreme policies towards Middle Eastern countries, Israel published a so-called “historical” ...

Map: Where is Syria and how are its neighbours involved ... temporarily seized control of a demilitarized buffer zone in the Golan Heights, saying the 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria ...

Syrian Villagers Near the Golan Heights Say Israeli Forces Are Banning Them From Their Fields Israeli forces have set up a position in an abandoned Syrian army base in the village of Maariyah and ...

Since the fall of the al-Assad regime, Israel has attacked Syria to deepen the occupation of the Golan Heights. Israeli soldiers with the national flag stand on an armoured vehicle after crossing ...

Israeli forces have also reportedly expanded their ground presence in Syria’s southwest, including in the United Nations-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights. The UK-based Syrian ...

Israel says its presence in the Golan Heights border highlands is vital for national security. Syrian villagers there say the soldiers have forced them from their homes. NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi ...

The presence of Israeli troops who entered a U.N. buffer zone on the border with Syria following the fall of President Bashar Assad is frustrating the local population ...

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.