golan heights in English

noun
1
a range of hills on the border between Syria and Israel, northeast of the Sea of Galilee. Formerly under Syrian control, the area was occupied by Israel in 1967 and annexed in 1981. Negotiations for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the region began in 1992.

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1. The name Golan Heights was not used before the 19th century.

2. I look for information on some of the Golan Heights.

3. A road near the Syrian - Israeli border in the Golan Heights.

4. Mr Assad has started talking again about liberating the Golan Heights.

5. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War.

6. Jackals and wolf packs are back in the Negeb and the Golan Heights.

7. The Golan Heights problem has been the central issue that restricted Syria - Israel relations.

8. As part of a comprehensive peace agreement, Israel should return the Golan Heights to Syria.

9. As a result, Israel continues to occupy the Golan Heights as part of the Israeli-occupied territories.

10. Meanwhile, Ivry learned that unmanned aerial vehicles had spotted an additional five SA-6s moving from the Golan Heights into the Beqaa Valley.

11. In fiscal year 1999-00, Air Reservists participated in Operations DANACA (Golan Heights), KINETIC (Kosovo), PALLADIUM (Bosnia), ECHO (Aviano) and ABACUS (Year 200 problem).

12. Following the war, Ben-Gurion was in favour of returning all the captured territories apart from East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and Mount Hebron as part of a peace agreement.