QUESTION

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International Relations

Prelims 2015

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

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Explanation

The correct answer is the Middle East.

The Golan Heights is a hilly, 1,200 sq-km rocky plateau in south-western Syria in the Middle East region overlooking Lebanon, Syria, and the Jordan Valley.

The Golan was Syrian territory until 1967 when Israel occupied it in the closing stages of the Six-Day War.

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