The summit of Mt Hermon is on the Syria-Lebanon border. The UN base near the summit is within the buffer zone. The Golan Heights is a plateau about 60km (40 miles) south-west of Damascus.

For both strategic and historical reasons, the Jewish state should annex all of the newly acquired parts of Mount Hermon and ...

Russian news outlets also picked up the story, with one reporting that “every year on August 5, Christian pilgrims ascend ...

on which Mount Hermon’s summit sits. Until the takeover, the summit was demilitarized and patrolled by UN peacekeepers – their highest permanent position in the world. Syria’s new leader ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the IDF to prepare for an extended stay on the summit of Mount Hermon - at least until the end of 2025. The reason for the lengthy stay is ...

The judges explained that Netanyahu did not give testimony on Tuesday due to the need for him to travel with members of the defense echelon to visit the summit of Mount Hermon, which is located in ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, and specifically on the summit of Mount Hermon, “until another arrangement is found that ...

BEIRUT, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli army is building fortifications, bunkers, and watchtowers on the Lebanese side of Mount Hermon heights, a Lebanese security source told Xinhua on Wednesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Syria on Tuesday for a security tour of an Israeli-controlled buffer zone, including the summit of Mount Hermon, and said that Israel will remain ...

Israel says it has no desire to become involved in the conflict in Syria. Standing atop Mount Hermon, Netanyahu reiterated that Israel would remain on its peak “until another arrangement can be ...

Christian pilgrims ascend Mount Hermon to commemorate when Jesus took his disciples Peter, James and John to the summit, where he transformed before them.” The military subsequently issued a ...