Bashan salient

The Bashan Salient (Hebrew: המובלעת הסורית, romanized: Ha-Muvla'at Ha-Surit, lit. 'The Syrian Enclave') was a territory in Southwestern Syria which was conquered by the Israeli Army during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The salient was about twenty kilometres wide and encompassed an area of approximately 400 km2, extending to a point 33 kilometres from the Syrian capital of Damascus. The Salient was evacuated by the Israeli army shortly after the signing of a disengagement agreement between the Israeli and Syrian forces on May 31, 1974. The Salient included the summit of Mount Hermon, the town of Beit Jinn, and many other Syrian villages.

Since December 2024, the salient is partially under the control of Israel following the Fall of the Assad regime and the subsequent Israeli invasion.

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