Quneitra

Quneitra was founded in the Ottoman era as a way station on the caravan route to Damascus. In 1946, it became part of the independent Syrian Republic within the Riff Dimashq Governorate. On 10 June 1967, the last day of the Six-Day War, it came under Israeli control. It was briefly recaptured by Syria during the 1973 Yom Kippur War,...