Tag: Golan Heights

Israel moves to name Golan settlement after Trump

RAMAT: The Trump name graces apartment towers, hotels and golf courses. Now it is the namesake of a tiny Israeli settlement in the Israel-controlled...

Arab leaders show unity in condemning US decision over Golan

TUNIS: Arab leaders papered over long-running regional rivalries on Sunday to condemn a U.S. move to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the Syrian Golan Heights...

US under fire at UN over Golan decision

The United States faced sharp criticism on Wednesday at the United Nations Security Council over its decision to recognise the Golan Heights as Israeli...

Pakistan condemns decision to recognise Israel’s control over Golan Heights

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office on Wednesday condemned the United States' decision to recognise Israel's sovereignty over Syria's Golan Heights-- a disputed region as per the...

Gulf Arabs, Europeans, Iran reject US recognition of Golan Heights as...

DUBAI: US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights united Washington’s Arab allies and their regional foe Iran in...

Iran accuses Trump of ‘colonialism’ over Golan move

TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of "colonialism" for recognising Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, a...

Saudi Arabia denounces US recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli territory

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia denounced US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israel’s 1981 annexation of the Golan Heights, a statement released by the Saudi Press...

Trump says US recognises Israeli control of Golan Heights

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that it's time for the United States to recognize Israel's control over the disputed Golan Heights, an announcement...

In a first, US votes against UN resolution on Golan’s occupation

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday welcomed a US decision to vote for the first time against an annual UN resolution condemning Israel’s...

Russia to deploy military police on Golan Heights

  MOSCOW: Russia will deploy its military police on the Golan Heights frontier between Syria and Israel, its defence ministry said on Thursday, after weeks...

Suicide attack kills 9 in Syria’s Golan Heights village

A suicide car bomb attack killed nine people in a government-held village in Syria's Golan Heights on Friday, state media said, reporting clashes between...