47.‘Golan Heights’, which was seen in the news, is a region occupied by which country? [A] USA [B] Israel [C] Russia [D] France Show Answer
The area was part of extreme southwestern Syria until 1967, when it came under Israeli military occupation, and in December 1981 Israel unilaterally annexed the part of the Golan it held. The area's name is from the biblical city of refuge Golan in Bashan (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8).
