12.14.2024

Occupation

Would anyone like to bet on whether Israel will ever leave that Syrian mountain top?

Why Israel captured Syria’s tallest mountain just hours after Assad fell

The summit of Mount Hermon lies in Syria, in a buffer zone that separated Israeli and Syrian forces for fifty years until last weekend, when Israeli troops took control of it. Until Sunday, the summit was demilitarized and patrolled by UN peacekeepers – their highest permanent position in the world. 

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