VOA NEWS: SYRIA - RETURN OF GOLAN HEIGHTS CENTRAL TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News | February 22, 2007 | Copyright

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By Sonja Pace Syria's president has repeatedly called for a renewal of peace talks between his country and neighboring Israel, and some in Israel say now might be a good time to deal. Central to any negotiations will be the strategic Golan Heights, an area Israel occupied after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and later annexed - and an area Syria wants back. In this report from the Syrian town of Quneitra in the Golan, VOA's Sonja Pace takes a look at what is at stake.

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