In this photo taken Monday, July 23, 2012 Israeli Meir Elakry, looks towards Syria through binoculars next to a metal cut-out of a soldier, left, at an army post from the 1967 war at Mt. Bental in ...

A sign for tourists shows the direction to Jerusalem, Amman, Baghdad and Damascus among other destinations at an army post on Mount Bental in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on March 22.

As I stood atop Mount Bental on the Golan Heights, a cold wind carried echoes of a restless Syria. I wasn’t just looking across a tense border – I was staring into the heart of a forgotten ...

MOUNT BENTAL, Golan Heights – As Syrian regime forces clash with rebels close to the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, this windswept plateau has become a front-row seat to Syria's escalating ...

An old bunker at an observation point on Mount Bental in the Israel- controlled Golan Heights in 2014. (Ariel Schalit/AP) WITH SYRIA in chaos and Iran seeking to entrench its forces there, Israel ...

MOUNT BENTAL, Golan Heights—This mountaintop on the edge of the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights offers a unique vantage point into how the complexities of the Syrian war raging in the plains ...

MOUNT BENTAL, Golan Heights - As Syrian regime forces clash with rebels close to the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, this windswept plateau has become a front-row seat to Syria's escalating ...

A map showing the Golan Heights region between Syria and Israel and the positions of Israeli forces in the region.

As I stood atop Mount Bental on the Golan Heights, a cold wind carried echoes of a restless Syria. I wasn’t just looking across a tense border – I was staring into the heart of a forgotten story. I ...

As I stood atop Mount Bental on the Golan Heights, a cold wind carried echoes of a restless Syria. I wasn’t just looking across a tense border – I was staring into the heart of a forgotten ...