Bashar al-Assad issued a decreed establishment of a branch of the University of Damascus in Quneitra. On 6 June 2013, the nearby Quneitra border crossing was attacked by rebel forces and temporarily occupied, with Syrian army later retaking the crossing; In July 2013, opposition forces attacked a military checkpoint in Quneitra, and by the next day were attacking several Syrian Arab Army positions in Quneitra. In August 2014, rebel forces captured the crossing. A Filipino peacekeeper of the UNDOF was wounded during the fighting. As a result the Austrian government announced the withdrawal of its troops from the UN mission. On 26 July 2018, the Syrian Army took back the town of Quneitra after rebels surrendered and handed over the heavy and medium weapons to army.Syrian flag raised in Quneitra on Syrian side of Golan Heights , Reuter, July 26, 2018 See also Quneitra Crossing Shebaa Farms Syrian towns and villages depopulated in the Arab-Israeli conflict 1974 Kuneitra Cup References Further reading Goren-Inbar, N., and Paul Goldberg. Quneitra: A Mousterian Site on the Golan Heights''. Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 31. [Jerusalem]: Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1990. External links Satellite view of Quneitra (Google Maps) 1873 establishments in Ottoman Syria Populated places established in 1873 Populated places disestablished in 1974 Cities in Syria Destroyed cities Ghost towns in Asia Ruins in Syria Former populated places on the Golan Heights Golan Heights Quneitra District