Madinat al-Salam (Arabic: مدينة السلام, romanized: Madīnat al-Salām, "City of Peace") is a town in the UNDOF Zone in the Golan Heights that is the administrative centre of the Quneitra Governorate of southern Syria.
[4] The town has a well-developed infrastructure, including 22 km of roads, banking services, government and non-government organizations, TV and radio station, cultural centre, football stadium, hospital, etc.
[5] In December 2013, the construction of 5 new faculties of the Damascus University was launched by the town council of Madinat al-Salam.
Until the fall of the Assad regime, the town was named Madinat al-Baath (Arabic: مدينة البعث, romanized: Madīnat al-Bāʿth), "City of Resurrection", after the formerly ruling Syrian Ba'ath Party.
[3] Following the collapse of the Ba'athist regime, Israel launched a temporary military operation through the Syrian ceasefire line from Israel-occupied parts of the Golan Heights on 8 December 2024, with reports of the town being captured by Israeli forces during the operation.