Why is Trump’s Golan Heights announcement controversial?
The Golan Heights is a narrow strip of mountainous land, roughly 1,800sq km, bordering It has officially been recognised as part of Syria since 1944 – when the country was recognised as an independent republic – but was captured by Israeli forces in the 1967 Six-Day War, thereafter becoming Israeli-occupied territory. No country in the world has recognised Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights – which might change soon, Syria tried to get it back in a surprise attack in the 1973 Arab-Israel War, but was defeated in a huge tank battle and ...
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