KATZRIN, GOLAN HEIGHTS - NOVEMBER 10: Israeli soldiers tend to their tanks as troops take a break during a live-fire training exercise November 10, 2009 near the Israeli city of Katzrin in the Golan Heights. Speaking in Istanbul yesterday, Syrian President Bashar Assad says if the 'occupied Syrian Golan' is not returned by Israel through peaceful means, his country would retake the strategic plateau by force.