The muted Arab response to President Trump’s call to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the territory shows Syria’s weakness amid a reordered Arab world.
Tag: Golan Heights
A Brief History of the Golan Heights, Claimed by Israel and Syria
On Thursday, President Trump tweeted about a hilly plateau beside the Sea of Galilee that has been one of Israel’s quieter frontiers for 52 years.
In Golan Heights, Trump Bolsters Israel’s Netanyahu but Risks Roiling Middle East
Mr. Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy by declaring that Israel should have sovereignty over the Golan Heights — a move that has never been recognized internationally.
Netanyahu Presses Pompeo on Israeli Sovereignty of Golan Heights
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised the issue during a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, whose agency no longer says the territory is “occupied.”
Syria Faces Brittle Future, Dominated by Russia and Iran
With or without an American pullout, Syria is now a Balkanized version of what existed before it plunged into a calamitous civil war in 2011.