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Soon after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad government of Syria on Dec 8, Israel bombed military targets in Syria and quickly occupied the United Nations-recognized buffer zone of the Golan Heights to "protect its own security". In a bid to avert some of the international pressure, Tel Aviv claimed its occupation of the Golan Heights will be "temporary", and it has "no intention" of intervening in Syria's internal affairs. However, Israel seems to have changed its stance after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had what he called a "very friendly, very warm and very important" telephone call with the US president-elect on Saturday on the Middle East situation. ▲ Smoke billows near Damascus, Syria, Dec 15, 2024. Photo/Agencies The day after their talk, the Israeli government approved a plan put forward by Netanyahu to expand Israeli settlements in the occupied Golan Heights, according to a statement from the prime minister's office, in defiance of regional countries accusing Isr
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