syria is in control of the golan heights.
who is in control of the golan heights?
syria
the golan heights ( or , ), or simply the golan, is a region in the levant, spanning about . the region defined as the golan heights differs between disciplines: as a geological and biogeographical region, the golan heights is a basaltic plateau bordered by the yarmouk river in the south, the sea of galilee and hula valley in the west, the anti-lebanon with mount hermon in the north and wadi raqqad in the east; and as a geopolitical region, the golan heights is the area captured from syria and occupied by israel during the 1967 six-day war, territory which has been administered as part of israel since 1981. this region includes the western two-thirds of the geological golan heights and the israeli-occupied part of mount hermon.
golan heights
after the onset of the syrian civil war, control of the syrian-administered part of the golan heights was split between the government and opposition forces, with the undof maintaining a buffer zone in between, to implement the ceasefire of the purple line. from 2012 to 2018, the eastern golan heights became a scene of repeated battles between the syrian arab army, rebel factions of the syrian opposition including the moderate southern front, jihadist al-nusra front, and isil-affiliated factions. in july 2018, the syrian government regained control of the eastern golan heights.
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