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A rocket attack on a football pitch in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed at least 12 young people has sparked fears of a wider regional Middle East conflict.

Following is a quick guide to the hilly, 1,200-square-kilometre (460 square-mile) Golan Heights, a fertile and strategic plateau that overlooks Israel's Galilee region as well as Lebanon, and ...

There are new fears tonight of a wider Middle East conflict after at least 10 children and young adults were killed in our rocket attack on a soccer field in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights.

Tensions between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have reached new heights in the wake of a deadly rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. CNN values your feedback 1.

Middle East Sirens sound in Golan Heights after Iranian drone falls in open area Sirens activated in Ein Zivan, Alonei HaBashan, Ortal communities, according to media reports.

An Israeli military vehicle drives on the Syrian side of the ceasefire line, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, January 6, 2025.

Some 20,000 Druze Arabs live in the Golan Heights, an area Israel seized from Syria in 1967 during the Six-Day War and annexed in 1981.Considered occupied territory under international law and UN ...

Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967, and effectively annexed the territory in 1981. ... Now Lebanon is bracing for the worst and the Middle East is on the brink of regional war.