Immediately after the overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad's rule on December 8, the Israeli occupation forces further invaded Syrian territory located along the ceasefire line from the east.
This significant milestone was the result of over 55 years of unwavering struggle by the Syrians against the oppressive and corrupt regime
The Israeli Occupation Forces took advantage of and exploited the reality that they have controlled the Golan Heights since 1967, some 56 years ago, in order to seize as much land as possible.
Forty years have passed since the Israeli government's decision to annex the occupied Syrian Golan (hereinafter, the Golan) on 14 December 1981, and to impose the laws of the occupier after 14 years of the Golan being subjected to military rule since its occupation in 1967.
Earlier this year, the Israeli authorities announced the decision to hold local elections on 3 October 2018 in the Syrian villages in the occupied Golan. These elections would be the first of their kind since the occupation just over fifty years ago.