Golan Heights

Syrian territory occupied by Israel since 1967

The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau, at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in the north and Wadi Raqqad in the east. Two thirds of the area has been occupied by Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War and then effectively annexed in 1981 โ€“ an action unrecognized by the international community, which continues to consider it Israeli-occupied Syrian territory.

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