Golan

Israel signals free hand in Syria as US and Russia expand truce

Golan - Muslimchronicle

Israel signaled on Sunday that it would keep up military strikes across its frontier with Syria to prevent any encroachment by Iranian-allied forces, even as the United States and Russia try to build up a ceasefire in the area. US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday affirmed joint efforts to stabilize Syria as its civil warRead more

Israel downs Syrian drone over Golan Heights

Golan - Muslimchronicle

The Israeli army said it had shot down a Russian-made Syrian drone carrying out a reconnaissance mission over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday. The drone was intercepted by a Patriot missile in the demilitarized zone between the Israeli- and Syrian-controlled parts of the Golan, a military spokeswoman said in a statement. Israel and Syria are still technically at war,Read more

Bomb attack kills 9 in Syria Golan Heights village

Damascus - Muslimchronicle

A suicide car bomb attack killed nine people in a government-held village in Syria's Golan Heights on Friday, state media said, reporting clashes between government forces and rebels afterwards. State news agency SANA said the car bomb hit the outskirts of the village of Hader, which lies near the disengagement line that divides the Syrian-controlled part of the Golan fromRead more

Saudi Arabia urges UN to end Palestine-Israel dispute

Jeddah - Muslimchronicle

Saudi Arabia has once again put resolving the Palestinian-Israeli dispute at the top of its foreign policy agenda. The issue was raised at the UN in New York on Wednesday, at a meeting of the UN General Assembly’s Economic and Financial Committee. The item on the agenda was the “permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,Read more

Israel reveals name and photo of Hezbollah leader in Golan Heights

Golan - Muslimchronicle

The Israeli army has uncovered the name and photo of Hezbollah leader in Golan Heights. A spokesperson for the Israeli army Avichay Adraei posted a photo of the leader Mounir Ali Sheayto, known as Haj Hesham, on his official twitter account on Wednesday. In his tweet, Adraei said: “Lebanon’s interests are not part of Hezbollah’s plans. This was clear forRead more

Israeli tanks fire into Syria after shell hits Golan

Jerusalem - Muslimchronicle

Israeli tanks fired into Syria on Thursday after a Syrian mortar shell landed in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. “In response to the projectile that hit Israel earlier today, the Israel Defense Forces targeted the sources of fire in the Syrian Golan Heights,” the Israeli Army said in an English-language statement. It did not identify the sources of the Syrian fireRead more

Golan Druze march for Syrian independence day

Masada - Arab Today

Hundreds of Druze on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights marched Monday for Syrian independence day, carrying portraits of President Bashar al-Assad and chanting anti-Israel slogans. "God save Syria!" they shouted as they rallied in the town of Masada. "Down with the occupation!" Israeli officials say there are about 20,000 Druze on the strategic plateau seized by the Jewish state from neighbouringRead more

UN peacekeepers return

New York - Arab Today

A first group of 127 UN peacekeepers returned Monday to a camp on the Syrian-held side of the Golan Heights, two years after withdrawing amid clashes with Al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels. UN spokesman Farhan Haq said more troops from the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) would return to camp Faouar this week and that both governments in Israel and Syria supportedRead more