The bus left Damascus to the Golan with a group of young university students on board, all of them dreaming of a day when peace, stability and prosperity will prevail in the region, dreaming of a day when lovers can sit on the banks of River Jordan, whispering under willow and elm trees, birds chirping above them, and children running joyfully in the vicinity. They dream of swimming and splashing in the waters of Tiberius, with older men and women relaxing on the basalt rocks, listening to the roar of waterfalls, while ailing people bath in the sulfurous water of al-Hemma. They were dreaming of a day when students flock to natural sites and historical places to enjoy their beauty and cultural importance, where men and women ski on the snows of Mt. Hermon, while shepherds graze their sheep in the green meadows and play their flutes.

The Golan was always in the heart of the Levant, a unifying element of its countries and a center of interaction between civilizations. Old man settled it, and Jesus Christ crossed it bearing the banners of love. Its stones are witnesses to the victories of the battles of Yarmouk, Hattin and Ein Jalout .The bus crossed the villages along the road, one after another, to stop at a junction already made by River

al'Aawaj (The Winding River). The guide started: "We are in the refugees camp of Khan al-Sheeh. The Khan was built by the Memlouks as a hotel on the road between Damascus, Jerusalem and Cairo". "I see houses not tents". Reem Said. "True" The guide smiled at the young lady and continued:" First it was a camp set by Palestinian refugees, after Israel had occupied their country and expelled them from their homes in 1948. Year after year the camp became a shanty town, but Palestine is still nesting in the heads of refugees.

PRAGUE, (ST) _ Stanislav Grospic, the Head of the Czech Parliamentary Group for Friendship with Syria, affirmed that Israeli Attacks against the Syrian territories represent a blatant violation of the international law, aiming at hindering the war launched by Syria against terrorism.

In a statement to SANA correspondent in Brague, Grospic condemned the recent Israeli rocket attack on Tal Braiqa in the western countryside of Quneitra, pointing out that such acts of aggression represent a disregard of the international law on one hand and an attempt to hinder Syria’s efforts against terrorism on the other hand.

Grospic reiterated that the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan by “Israel” is a blatant violation of the international law, adding that the Israeli ideology is based on the racism and hostility and the attempts to impose hegemony, in addition to breaching the international laws.

Raghda Sawas

QUNEITRA, (ST)- People of the liberated Syrian city of Quneitra, have voiced their solidarity with their brothers in the occupied Syrian Golan against the Israeli occupation's aggressive and oppressive practices.

During a solidarity rally held on Wednesday in front of the governorate's building in al-Baath city, the people of Quneitra stressed their rejection of the Israeli project to build "wind tribunes" which aims at stealing the lands of Golan people. They renewed their confidence that Golan will be restored to the Syrian sovereignty.

QUNEITRA- People of occupied Syrian Golan on Tuesday began a general strike in rejection and denunciation of the new expansionist settlement plans of the Israeli occupation entity on their agricultural lands.

In a telephone conversation with SANA reporter in Quneitra, the freed captive Sheikh Suleiman al-Maqt said that the general strike includes all public life facilities in addition to the closure of shops and schools.

According to SANA, the people will gather in Majdal Shams town and embark on a march to the lands where the occupation authorities intend to install wind turbines to prevent them from doing that, he added.

QUNEITRA, (ST)- People of occupied Syrian Golan have condemned the Israeli occupation provocative steps of holding its government's meeting in Golan and naming a settlement after US President Donald trump.

These procedures are null and void as they violate international laws and UN Charter, the people of Golan said, stressing that these provocative steps won't change the historical fact that Golan is a Syrian Arab land. They reiterated their right to confront all the occupation schemes.