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Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in the closing stages of the 1967 Six-Day War.
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Syria tried tp retake the Golan Heights.
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At the end of the war Golan Heights came under Israeli military control. Almost immediately after Israel started to settle the Golan Heights.
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Israel annexed the Golan heights the move was not recognised by the community.
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Syrian fighting reached the Golan ceasefire lines in 2013, when Israel returned fire after rebel shells landed in Golan. Israeli and Syrian troops exchanged fire across their lines in May.