In a radical shift to US foreign policy, Donald Trump said on Thursday that his country now recognises Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
His announcement, which had been rumoured for several weeks, makes the United States the first major country to say it considers the region to be a part of Israel.
Israel occupied two-thirds of the Golan Heights from Syria during the Six Day War in 1967.
It effectively annexed the territory and incorporated it into Israel’s Northern District in December 1981, but the remainder of the international community considers it Syrian territory under occupation.
