Quneitra

Quneitra lies in southern Syria on the western edge of the Golan Heights, the plateau occupied and partly annexed by Israel since 1967, and it was once the capital of the governorate of the same name. Before 1967 the city had several tens of thousands of inhabitants and served as an important agricultural and administrative center for southwestern Syria. It came under Israeli control during the Six-Day War, was heavily fought over in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and was systematically destroyed before the Israeli withdrawal in 1974. Since then the ruins have stood largely as the city was left, and they are treated as a memorial. A UN buffer zone (UNDOF) separates Syrian and Israeli lines, and part of the governorate lies beyond this line. Quneitra is today almost uninhabited, and administrative life has moved to nearby Khan Arnabeh.

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