The UN peacekeeping chief on Friday said the Israeli army’s presence in the demilitarized Golan Heights zone is creating ...

QUNEITRA PROVINCE, GOLAN HEIGHTS, Syria — The Golan Heights ... leading to a demilitarized buffer zone monitored by United Nations peacekeepers. This buffer zone was taken over by the Israeli ...

Hercules C-130 transport aircraft departed Wednesday carrying some 200 troops to be deployed in the Golan Heights, on the border between Israel and Syria, for a United Nations peacekeeping mission ...

More than 1,100 UN peacekeepers are currently deployed in the Golan, a demilitarised zone along the Israel-Syria border at what is a tense and dangerous time in the history of the region. But, why are ...

Major Daly was on a posting to the Golan Heights, on the border of Israel and Syria, as part of a long-running UN peacekeeping mission observing and reporting on Israeli and Syrian military ...

As Damascus celebrated the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syrians living in the Quneitra governorate in the Golan Heights looked ... since been patrolled by the United Nations Disengagement Observer ...

The exception is the United States, which in 2019 recognized the annexation of the Golan Heights. However, not so long ago, the UN Security Council decided to extend the mandate and continue the ...

Syria's new authority demanded, during talks with UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Wednesday, Israel's withdrawal ...

In March 2024, Kazakhstan made history by deploying its first independent peacekeeping contingent to the Golan Heights. This marks a significant step in the country’s growing involvement in global ...

Pakistan also called on Israel to withdraw from Lebanese and Syrian territories, including Golan Heights, and allow UN peacekeepers to operate without obstruction to ensure compliance with ...

In 1973, Syria tried to reclaim the Golan Heights in a war it waged on Israel with Egypt. It failed, but Israel and Syria agreed to sign an armistice, leading to a demilitarized buffer zone monitored ...