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Israel plans to expand Golan settlements

Israel plans to double population on occupied Golan, citing threats from Syria

Israel captured most of the plateau from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War, annexing it in 1981. Syria demands Israel withdraw but Israel refuses. Various peace efforts have failed.

Israel plans to expand Golan settlements after fall of Assad

Israel says the move is necessary following the takeover of neighbouring Syria by an Islamist-led rebel alliance.

Israel approves plans to up Golan Heights settler numbers as 'new front' opens in Syria

The 'demographic development' plan to increase settler numbers only applies to the area of the Golan Heights that Israel seized during the Six Day War in 1967 and later annexed in 1981 and not to territory taken since al-Assad's ouster.

Israel plans to double its settlers in territory claimed by Syria

Israel's prime minister on Sunday (December 15) announced plans to grow the population in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau captured from Syria in a 1967 war, while Syria's new de-facto leader said he did not seek to provoke conflict with Israel.

Barron's · 10h

Israel Approves Plan Aiming To Double Annexed Golan Population: Statement

The Israeli government on Sunday approved a plan to double the population of the occupied and annexed Golan Heights, following the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the prime minister's office said.

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The New York Times · 6h

Israel Strikes Military Sites in Syria, Monitor Says

The Israeli military hit weapons depots and air defenses, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Israel has said it aims to keep military equipment away from extremists.

The Financial Times · 10h

Syria is not interested in conflict with Israel, rebel leader suggests

Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, condemned what he called Israel’s “flimsy” excuses for its air strikes but said the rebels must not get distracted from rebuilding the country, according to an interview published by the pro-opposition Syria TV.

Indiatimes · 1h

Syria News Live Updates: Israel strikes military sites in Syria, war monitor says

Israel struck Syrian weapons depots and air defenses overnight, a group monitoring the conflict said Sunday, in what appeare

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Why Israel captured Syria’s tallest mountain just hours after Assad fell

Assad’s fall to bomb all the Syrian military assets it wanted to keep out of the rebels’ hands – striking nearly 500 targets, ...

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Israel name-checked a notorious WWII attack to justify sinking Syria's navy

British forces attacked the fleet of its former ally in French Algeria, killing nearly 1,300 French sailors.

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Syria live updates: US aircraft carrier strike group arrives in Middle East

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning-quick ...

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US general discusses Syria, other regional issues in Israel visit

A top U.S. military officer visited Israel from Wednesday to Friday, meeting with Israeli defense officials and discussing ...

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Christians in Syria mark country’s transformation with tears as UN envoy urges an end to sanctions

In churches across long-stifled Syria, Christians marked the first Sunday services since the collapse of Bashar Assad‘s ...

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Israel hits Syria's chemical weapons, sends troops over the border

Even as Israeli jets bombed weapons sites, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered "a hand of peace to all those beyond our ...

Israel intensifies efforts to retrieve body of spy Eli Cohen from Syria

Israel has made contact with Syrian and foreign officials in a renewed effort to locate and repatriate the remains of spy Eli ...

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