Mount Hermon - Wikipedia
Mount Hermon (Arabic: جبل الشيخ / ALA-LC: Jabal al-Shaykh ('Mountain of the Sheikh ', Levantine Arabic pronunciation: [ʒa.bal eʃ.ʃeːx]), Hebrew: הַר חֶרְמוֹן, Har Ḥermōn) is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range.
Mount Hermon | Height, Map, & Facts | Britannica
2024年12月18日 · Mount Hermon, snowcapped ridge on the Lebanon-Syria border west of Damascus. It rises to 9,232 feet (2,814 meters) and is the highest point on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is sometimes considered the southernmost extension of the Anti-Lebanon range. At its foot rise the two major sources of the Jordan River. Hermon has also been ...
Why Israel captured Syria’s tallest mountain just hours after ... - CNN
2024年12月14日 · Israel captured the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau in southwestern Syria that abuts Mount Hermon, in the 1967 war and has occupied it since. Syria attempted to retake the territory in a...
Why Israel captured Syria’s tallest mountain just hours after Assad ...
2024年12月15日 · The summit of Mount Hermon lies in Syria, in a buffer zone that separated Israeli and Syrian forces for fifty years until last weekend, when Israeli troops took control of it. Until Sunday, the summit was demilitarized and patrolled by UN peacekeepers – their highest permanent position in the world.
Atop Syrian Hermon, Netanyahu says Israel to stay until ‘another ...
2024年12月17日 · Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday that Israeli troops would remain stationed inside Syria for the foreseeable future, as he met with senior security officials for a situation...
Mount Hermon: Why control of Syria's highest peak matters
2024年12月10日 · Mount Hermon, which lies near the border with Lebanon, is one of the most significant strategic locations in the territory. As the highest mountain in Syria, it provides a plateau for...
IDF: Troops will stay in Syria buffer zone and strategic Mount Hermon ...
After the Israel Defense Forces on Sunday captured the Syrian side of the strategic Mount Hermon, along with a buffer zone that has existed between the countries since the 1970s, the military...
Israeli Troops to Remain on Syrian Peak Over Winter
2024年12月13日 · Mount Hermon, the 9,232 feet tall highest peak on the eastern Mediterranean coast offers a commanding vantage point over southern Syria's plains and places Israeli forces just 25 miles from...
Israel 'Conquers' Syria's Highest Mountain; Ex-IAF Pilot Explains …
2024年12月10日 · He said, “Israel has conquered Mt. Hermon, the highest mountain in Syria, its peak reaching 2,814m. Syria’s capital, Damascus, is only 40 km away, now within range of Israel’s artillery shells.”
Explained: Why Israel Seized Syria's Highest Peak Mt. Hermon …
2024年12月10日 · The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday took control of Mount Hermon, the highest peak in Syria, standing at 2,814 meters. This strategic move places Damascus, just 40 kilometers away,...