{"id":372509,"date":"2026-09-24T12:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T06:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=372509"},"modified":"2026-09-24T12:25:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T06:55:25","slug":"golan-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/golan-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Golan Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Syrian President used his UN General Assembly speech to criticise Israel, reaffirm Syria&#8217;s claim over the Golan Heights and call for Israeli withdrawal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Golan Heights<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_320315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-320315\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_320315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-320315\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-320315\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Golan-Heights.png?resize=430%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Golan-Heights.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Golan-Heights.png?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"Golan Heights\" width=\"430\" height=\"332\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-320315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- BBC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Golan Heights<\/strong> is a <strong>strategically significant plateau<\/strong> located in <strong>southwestern Syria<\/strong>, near the <strong>borders of Israel, Lebanon, and <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It covers approximately <strong>1,150 sq. km<\/strong>, stretching <strong>71 km in length<\/strong> and <strong>43 km<\/strong> at its widest point.<\/li>\n<li>The region overlooks the <strong>upper Jordan River valley<\/strong> to the west and is <strong>named after the biblical city of refuge, Golan in Bashan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It is bounded by:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Jordan River and Sea of Galilee to the west<\/li>\n<li>Mount Hermon to the north<\/li>\n<li>Wadi Al-Ruqq\u0101d River to the east<\/li>\n<li>Yarm\u016bk River to the south.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>History<\/strong>: The Golan Heights was <strong>captured by Israel<\/strong> during the <strong>1967 Six-Day War<\/strong> and <strong>annexed in 1981<\/strong>. However, this <strong>annexation is unrecognized<\/strong> by most of the international community, including the <strong>United Nations<\/strong>, which <strong>designates it as occupied territory<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strategic importance<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>The Syrian capital, <strong>Damascus<\/strong>, is clearly <strong>visible<\/strong> from the top of the Golan Heights.<\/li>\n<li>The region overlooks <strong>northern Israel\u2019s Galilee and the Sea of Galilee<\/strong>, while also <strong>dominating the route to Damascus<\/strong> on the Syrian-controlled side.<\/li>\n<li>The Golan Heights shares <strong>borders with Jordan and Lebanon<\/strong>, adding to its strategic significance.<\/li>\n<li>It is a crucial <strong>water source for the arid region<\/strong>, with rainwater from the Golan\u2019s catchment area flowing into the <strong>Jordan River<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Syrian President used his UN General Assembly speech to criticise Israel, reaffirm Syria&#8217;s claim over the Golan Heights and call for Israeli withdrawal. About Golan Heights The Golan Heights is a strategically significant plateau located in southwestern Syria, near the borders of Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan. It covers approximately 1,150 sq. km, stretching 71&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/golan-heights\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Golan Heights<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-372509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}