as well as other land in the region (see map 5). The Assads increasingly sought to challenge Israel’s growing power in the region. Syria took advantage of Lebanon’s civil war to occupy the ...

Now, he and his new team face a challenge. Lebanon is becoming a headache for the new Syrian government. This is because Hezbollah is still active in Lebanon, and it is trying to destabilize parts ...

“In Gaza, in Lebanon, in the entire Golan Heights including the ‘Syrian Plateau,’ and in the entire Mount Hermon,” it added — attaching a biblical map titled “Abraham’s Borders ...

Here’s a look at that history, with maps as a guide ... spanning not only today’s Syria but also the modern-day states of Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Israel. The Ottomans dominated ...