Israel’s Next Front: Syria -- The Tablet
The Israeli-Syrian border is quiet no more, as armed Islamist rebels pledge to take back the Golan Heights.
For the better part of 40 years, the Syrian border has been the quietest of Israel’s frontiers. Notwithstanding Israel’s 1973 capture and subsequent annexation of Syrian territory in the Golan and Bashar Assad’s ongoing support for terrorist organizations targeting the Jewish state, the border has been tranquil since the signing of the 1974 armistice. Indeed, the boundary with Syria—a state officially still at war with Israel—has proven even more secure than Israel’s lengthy borders with its nominal peace partners Egypt and Jordan.
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Israel beefs up security along its Golan frontier with Syria -- Digital Journal
The Golan and the coming troubles -- YNet News
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