turkey

SYRIA

lebanon

GOLAN

HEIGHTS

IRAQ

ISRAEL

GAZA

W. Bank

jord.

Saudi arabia

EGYPT

Damascus

Mount

Hermon

LEBANON

United Nations

demilitarized

buffer zone

1949

Armistice

line

Established in 1974

after Syria

attempted to

recapture the

Golan Heights

during the

1973 War

Quneitra

Occupied by

Israel since

1967

GOLAN

HEIGHTS

ISRAEL

SYRIA

Nazareth

10 miles

JORDAN

10 km

turkey

SYRIA

lebanon

GOLAN

HEIGHTS

IRAQ

ISRAEL

GAZA

W. Bank

jord.

Saudi arabia

EGYPT

Damascus

Mount

Hermon

LEBANON

United Nations

demilitarized

buffer zone

1949

Armistice

line

Quneitra

Established in 1974 after

Syria attempted

to recapture the

Golan Heights

during the 1973 War

Occupied by

Israel since

1967

GOLAN

HEIGHTS

SYRIA

ISRAEL

Nazareth

10 miles

JORDAN

10 km

Damascus

LEBANON

Mount Hermon

Mediterranean

Sea

Nabatiyeh

United Nations

demilitarized buffer zone

Established in 1974 after

Syria attempted to

recapture the Golan Heights

during the 1973 War

1949

Armistice

line

Quneitra

SYRIA

GOLAN

HEIGHTS

Occupied by Israel

since 1967

turkey

ISRAEL

Haifa

SYRIA

lebanon

GOLAN

HEIGHTS

IRAQ

ISRAEL

GAZA

W. Bank

Nazareth

jord.

10 miles

Saudi arabia

EGYPT

JORDAN

10 km

Sources: United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, Foundation for Middle East Peace

Graphic: Rachel Wilson, CNN