evidence: The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau in south-west Syria, extending towards north-east Israel. [...] Israel annexed the area in 1981, in a move which has not been recognised by the vast majority of the international community. The Trump administration broke with decades of US policy by recognising Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights in 2019. [...] Israel offered citizenship to all of the Golan Height's residents, though many chose to retain their allegiance to Syria.