Great Rift Valley
Continuous geographic trench from Asia to Southeast Africa
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| December 2024 | After the fall of the Assad regime, Israel occupied the rest of the Golan Heights as a 'temporary defensive position', including two additional Syrian villages, Jamlah and Maaraba. |
| March 2024 |
Jordan Valley
Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared the Israeli government had seized 10 km2 of land in the West Bank, including parts of the Jordan Valley and land between Israeli settlements Ma'ale Adumim and Kedar.
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| 2022 |
Banias
Israeli Antiquities Authority discovered a trove of 44 pure gold coins from the early 7th Century CE. Coins were minted by Byzantine-Roman Emperors Phocas (602-610 CE) and Heraclius (610-641 CE), with the latest coins dating to the period of the Arab conquest of the Levant.
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| 2020 |
Banias
An altar with a Greek inscription was discovered in the walls of a 7th-century church. The inscription records the altar was dedicated by Atheneon, son of Sosipatros from Antioch, to the god Pan Heliopolitanos.
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| December 2020 |
Jordan Rift Valley
Researchers at Tel Aviv University predicted a potential magnitude 6.5 earthquake in the region, warning of significant seismic risks and challenging previous estimates of earthquake frequency.
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| September 10 2019 |
Jordan Valley
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu publicly announced plans to annex the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea if re-elected, proposing to apply 'Israeli sovereignty' over these territories during the September 2019 Israeli legislative election.
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| July 2018 | The Syrian government regained full control over the eastern Golan Heights. |
| 2011 | The Syrian civil war began, leading to split control of the Syrian-administered part of the Golan Heights between the state government and Syrian opposition forces. |
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