Quarterly Updates for (16 Aug 2018 — 31 Dec 2018)
The Qunaytra crossing connecting Syria to the occupied Golan Heights and to Jordan re-opened (10/15) for the first time in 4 year in October. The crossing closed down in 2014 when United Nations (UN) observers left due to the escalating violence in the area as the Syrian civil war unfolded. The re-opening of the border allows UN peacekeepers to return under a mandate established in 1974 to monitor the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights. Qunaytra opened as Israel continued to attack targets in Syria (see Israel).