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Q33 (IAS/2015) Geography › Maps & Locations › Conflict and strategic regions Official Key

The area known as 'Golan Heights' sometimes appears in the news in the context of the events related to

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The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau in south-western Syria, about 60km (40 miles) south-west of Damascus and covers about 1,000 sq km.[1] At the end of the Six Day War, Israel occupied the remaining parts of Palestine, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, plus the Syrian Golan Heights and the Egyptian Sinai.[2] In 1981, Israel formally declared its annexation of the Golan Heights.[3]

The Golan Heights is strategically significant because it provides or controls a substantial portion of the water in the Jordan River watershed, which in turn provides a portion of Israel's water supply.[4] The region frequently appears in news due to the ongoing dispute between Israel and Syria over its control, making it a critical issue in Middle Eastern geopolitics. In 1974, the UN got involved, deploying peacekeeping forces in the area after Israel and Syria signed an armistice.[3]

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  1. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14724842
  2. [2] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 15: The World after World War II > Arab-Israeli War > p. 255
  3. [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_Heights
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This is a classic 'Places in News' question, specifically targeting the West Asian conflict theater. While technically 'Current Affairs', the Golan Heights has been a static geopolitical flashpoint since 1967. If you are doing map work for the Middle East, this is unmissable.

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Is the Golan Heights located in the Middle East?
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History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 15: The World after World War II > Arab-Israeli War > p. 255
Presence: 5/5
“At the end of the Six Day War, Israel occupied the remaining parts of Palestine, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, plus the Syrian Golan Heights and the Egyptian Sinai. Two hundred fifty thousand more Palestinians were forced into exile, and a million more remain under Israeli military occupation even now. For years following the 1967 war, the UN voted repeatedly in favour of an international peace conference, under its own auspices, with all parties to the conflict (including the Palestine Liberation Organisation led by Yasser Arafat) to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict once and for all. But the U.S. always vetoed it.”
Why this source?
  • Snippet explicitly refers to the 'Syrian Golan Heights' as territory occupied after the Six Day War.
  • Placement in an Arab–Israeli War chapter ties the Golan Heights to the regional Middle East conflict context.
History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 15: The World after World War II > Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) > p. 249
Presence: 4/5
“In February 1955, Iraq and Turkey signed a "pact of mutual cooperation" at Baghdad. The membership was open to all countries in the region. In April, Great Britain joined the Pact, followed by Pakistan and Iran. The aim was to check communist influence. A series of events took place in Middle East in 1958 which threatened regional stability: the Egypt–Syria union, revolution in Iraq and civil unrest in Lebanon. In response to these developments, the United States intervened in Lebanon.”
Why this source?
  • Discusses events involving Syria (e.g., Egypt–Syria union) within a section on the Middle East.
  • Links Syria to the set of countries and events described as 'Middle East', supporting Syria—and thereby Syrian places—as being in that region.
Physical Geography by PMF IAS, Manjunath Thamminidi, PMF IAS (1st ed.) > Chapter 9: Divergent Boundary > 9.2. The Great Rift Valley > p. 129
Presence: 3/5
“• The Great Rift Valley runs north to south for around 6,400 kilometres from northern Syria to central Mozambique in East Africa.• The northernmost part of the rift forms the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. Farther south, the valley is the home of the Jordan River which continues south through the Jordan Valley into the Dead Sea on the Israeli-Jordanian border. From the Dead Sea southward, the Rift is occupied by the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea.• The Afar Triangle of Ethiopia and Eritrea is the location of a triple junction. The Gulf of Aden is an eastward continuation of the rift, and from this point, the rift extends south-eastward as part of the midoceanic Aden Ridge.• In a southwest direction, the fault continues as the East African Rift, which split the older Ethiopian highlands into two halves.”
Why this source?
  • Places northern Syria in a regional physical-geography narrative (Great Rift Valley), situating Syria geographically in the West Asian/Middle Eastern landmass.
  • Provides geographic evidence connecting Syrian territory to well-known Middle Eastern physiographic features.
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