The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau in the southwestern corner of Syria, bordering Israel, Lebanon and Jordan. Israel formally annexed the region in 1981, although the United Nations has refused ...

Following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Damascus, Israel's military advances into Syria have raised alarm.

THE UN security council has rejected Israel’s assertion that it will forever retain Syria’s Golan Heights, which it has occupied since 1967. Chinese ambassador Liu Jieyi, who holds this month’s ...