ISRAEL SYRIAN MIXED ARMISTICE COMMISSION At the closing of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War the forth and last Truce agreement ( General Armistice Agreements) was signed between Israel and Syria at Hill 232 near Mahanayim on the 20 July 1949 by Lieutenant-Colonel Mordehai Makleff, Yenoshua Penman and Shbtai Rosenn on behalf of Israel and Colonel Fozi Selo, Lieutenant-Colonel Mohamed Nasser and Captain Afif Sizri on behalf of Syria Syria Israel Armistice Agreement UN Doc S/1353 20 July 1949 the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation posted Military Observers as part of the Mixed Armistice Commissions to Observe the truce in the Israel/Syrian Demilitarised Zone and to liase with the Israeli and Syrian local area commanders.article. V, para. 5, of the General Armistice Agreement While the 1948 war was concluded with the signing of the four 1949 General Armistice Agreements it has not marked the end of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

A feature of the Israeli/Syrian General Armistice Agreement was the provision for the establishment of a. special Demilitarised Zone between the countries. The demilitarised zone established by the General Armistice Agreement between Israel and Syria was "defined with a view toward separating the armed forces of the two parties in such manner as to minimize the possibility of friction and incident, while providing for the gradual restoration of normal civilian life in the area of the demilitarised zone, without prejudice to the ultimate settlement."article. V, para. 2, of the General Armistice Agreement This provision had to be made because of the divergent viewpoints of the two parties during the armistice negotiations as to the sovereignty of the areas within the boundaries of the former British Mandated Territory which had been occupied by Syrian troops. A Compromise agreement was finally reached under which the disputed areas were to be completely demilitarised. The armistice demarcation lines between Syria and Israel outside of the Demilitarised Zone coincided with the international boundary.