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Golan Heights

Golan Regional Council Deputy Head Yaakov Selavan, left, stands with Reut Tal-Levy, head of demographic growth in the Golan Heights, in a new neighborhood in Odem, on April 20, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
May 9, 2026, 7:24 am
The quiet frontier? With minefields cleared, Golan Heights readies for construction boom
Despite local volatility, residents brace for speedy growth and bolstered infrastructure as part of recently approved 5-year plan allocating NIS 1 billion to develop area by 2030
By Diana Bletter
Workers are seen at a construction site in Katzrin, in the Golan Heights, January 6, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
April 16, 2026, 3:30 pm
Government approves 5-year, billion-shekel plan to develop Golan, give it its 1st city
Minister says plan will turn Katzrin into a city and ‘bring in thousands of new families’; in meeting with local leaders, Netanyahu touted ‘massive development surge’
By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Aerial photo of Rujm el-Hiri, an ancient monumental site in the Golan Heights, view to east. (Y. Shmidov and A. Wiegmann)
March 19, 2026, 11:14 am
Mystery widens: Researchers find Israel’s ‘Stonehenge’ in the Golan is not unique
Remote sensing and AI help identify 28 sites similar to Rujm el-Hiri, challenging theories about the ancient stone circle’s purpose and pointing to a wider regional phenomenon
By Rossella Tercatin
Illustrative: Members of the Israeli Druze community arrive to attend a celebration at the holy tomb of Nabi Shoaib near Tiberias in northern Israel on April 25, 2018. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP)
March 15, 2026, 8:03 am
After years of hesitation, more Druze of the Golan Heights seek Israeli citizenship
Spurred by a deadly Hezbollah rocket and the fall of the Assad regime, northern Golan residents abandon historic ties to Syria and look to strengthen their Israeli identity
By Tal Schneider
Debris covers the site of Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV headquarters after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
March 3, 2026, 1:42 pm
IDF sends troops further into south Lebanon and strikes Beirut amid Hezbollah attacks
Navy strike on Lebanese capital kills top IRGC man; rockets fired at north, injuring one; Beirut doubles down on banning Hezbollah’s military activity
By Emanuel Fabian and Nava Freiberg
Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Al-Shaibani attends a meeting in Moscow on December 24, 2025. (Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP)
February 14, 2026, 11:10 pm
Syrian FM: Security talks with Israel are focused on buffer zone, not Golan Heights
Asaad al-Shaibani clarifies negotiations are about IDF presence in border areas that Israeli troops entered after Assad regime’s overthrow, says control of Golan ‘is another issue’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Kibbutz El-Rom emergency response team members Shimon Michael, right, and Gal Fitusi stand at the border fence near the Syrian village of al-Hamidiya on October 23, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
October 29, 2025, 8:02 am
Along the Syria and Lebanon borders, skeptical residents embrace peace, while it lasts
Although focused on rebuilding, both evacuated residents and those who stayed during the war maintain their vigilance, as terror groups daily seek to attack Israel
By Diana Bletter
Abbie Rosenbaum Braha, area supervisor at the archaeological excavation in the Yehudiya Nature Reserve in the Golan, stands next to an ancient ‘tabula ansata,’ (large stone table with dovetail handles) found in an approximately 1,500-year-old synagogue whose discovery was announced on October 5, 2025. (Dr. Mechael Osband - University of Haifa/Kinneret Academic College)
October 5, 2025, 9:58 pm
Archaeologists unearth 1,500-year-old synagogue below abandoned Syrian village in Golan
A team from the University of Haifa and Kinneret College identifies an ancient wall facing Jerusalem and 150 synagogue items, including a stone engraved with a menorah
By Rossella Tercatin
Explosives cleared from an old Syrian military position in the Golan Heights that is now open to the public in a photo published on September 29, 2025. (Defense Ministry)
September 29, 2025, 2:29 pm
Former Syrian base in Golan to open for visitors for 1st time after being de-mined
Visitors will be able to tour Ein Almin, view munitions and take part in mock mine-detection activity after over 600 explosive devices and old weapons cleared from area
By Stav Levaton
FILE: Israeli soldiers on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, August 12, 2025. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
August 28, 2025, 10:26 am
IDF said to raid Syrian army site near Damascus with helicopters, ground troops
Syrian state media says Israeli troops carried out airborne landing and operated for 2 hours; PM’s office denies Israel considered ceding Mount Dov area in potential deal with Syria
By ToI Staff, Agencies and Nava Freiberg
Druze wait near the border fence in the Golan Heights village of Majdal Shams, as Syrian Druze who had crossed over the day before cross back to return to Syria, on July 17, 2025. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
July 17, 2025, 4:54 pm
IDF says dozens of Druze from Israel still remain in Syria after rushing border
Army says there were no further crossings overnight, is working to patch up holes in fence; Kurdish official urges Sharaa to rethink approach to minorities
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and AFP
Weapons found by IDF troops in southern Syria, in an IDF handout photo released on July 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 13, 2025, 10:52 pm
IDF seizes 3 tons of arms from ex-Assad regime sites; violence flares in southern Syria
Troops locate explosives, rockets at ‘key’ commando bases in operation aimed at keeping arms from being smuggled to Lebanon; deadly clashes break out in Druze area
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
Nelia and Gregory Shaver of Grineli Cheeses, their boutique cheesemaking business that they opened in the Golan Heights on October 6, 2023, the day before the October 7 Hamas attack (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 12, 2025, 7:28 am
As winds of war die down, Golan gears up for long-awaited return of tourists
With Hezbollah licking its wounds and Syria no longer a threat, businesses are hoping Israelis will again flock to land of lavender farms, glamping, wineries and artisanal cheese
By Jessica Steinberg
An Israeli military vehicle crosses the fence, returning from the buffer zone with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, on December 10, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
July 4, 2025, 5:40 pm
Syria says willing to work with US on return to 1974 disengagement deal with Israel
Statement by Syrian FM comes as Washington seeks Syria-Israel normalization; accord created UN-patrolled buffer zone, which Israel seized following ouster of Assad in December
By AFP and ToI Staff
A man rides a motorbike at the entrance of the Yarmuk camp for Palestinian refugees and their descendants in southern Damascus on May 22, 2025. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
July 2, 2025, 9:19 pm
Israeli peace overtures garner mixed reactions from citizens in Damascus, Beirut
Some Syrians say they’d be open to normalization with Israel, but only in exchange for Golan Heights; Lebanese man vows to continue fighting Jewish state ‘until the end of time’
By AFP and ToI Staff
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