There was a dense network of castles which guarded the trade routes and the strategic heights.

Likud had refused to relinquish any parts of the strategic heights.

Israel has annexed the strategic heights since seizing them in the Middle East war in 1967.

He says his aim is to "seize strategic heights in order to lay the groundwork for offensive actions on a greater scale."

He called for a total Israeli pullout from the strategic heights, the agency added.

Syria has demanded the return of all of the strategic heights, which were captured by Israel in 1967.

Separatists occupied almost every strategic heights and practically besieged Sukhumi.

The big blocks protect the strategic heights and the priceless aquifers beneath them that he most cares about, and they wall off Jerusalem.

A few days later, Baghdad announced the liberation of three strategic heights by the First Army Corps.

It was fairly isolated yet at a strategic height that overlooked the entire city in all directions.