Of those who fled, two-thirds became refugees in the West Bank and Gaza, and the others ended up in squalid refugee camps in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and elsewhere in the Middle East. . ..…

It was an integral part of greater Syria (consisting roughly of present-day “little” Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip). ..…

Media sources said the soldiers abducted Shadi Mitwer, as he and Fateh officials from several parts of the occupied West Bank, were crossing back into the country. . The officials were returning to Palestine after visiting Syria, where they visited several refugee camps, the..…

During the war, Israel's high-tech military routed the forces of Jordan, Egypt and Syria, and began the occupations of West Bank, Gaza, Golan Heights and Sinai Peninsula. ... But while Israeli leaders set about taking full advantage of the new situation, invading West..…