Israel’s Army Radio reported Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had seized the peak of Mount Hermon, the highest mountain in the region, as a precaution against the advance of Syrian rebels as the Assad regime collapsed.
The mountain, covered in snow during the winter months, is the highest in the region, and a key strategic point. Israel has a military base on the mountainside, but Syria has long had a military base on the peak of the mountain itself.
View of the Hula valley and Mt. Hermon from Manara, Israel (Beivushtang / Wikimedia Commons)
The move marks the first time Israeli troops have been on the peak of the mountain since the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
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