Regional reaction. Turkey condemned Israel’s plan, approved over the weekend, to expand settlements in the occupied Golan Heights. In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry accused Israel of “seriously undermining efforts to establish peace and stability in Syria.” Russia’s deputy foreign minister also called the project “unacceptable.” The Israeli government approved a plan on Sunday […]
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Jubilant crowds in some of Syria’s biggest and most politically significant cities toppled statues of former President Hafez Assad over the past week, in...
Moving in. Following the overthrow of Bashar Assad’s regime, Israeli forces seized control of the demilitarized Golan Heights buffer zone separating southwestern Syria and...
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