03 — COUNTRY
Mossad and Syria: Public-Record History
Syria appears in the encyclopedia's record through documented wars and a famous intelligence case: the 1960s activities connected to Eli Cohen and the 1967 and 1973 wars. The record is careful to separate documented events from later operational storytelling.
Evidence Assessment
Documented
The wars, the Cohen execution and their dates.
Unknown
Complete operational histories remain partly classified.
Key Facts
- 1960s:
- Eli Cohen case; pre-1967 context
- 1967:
- Six-Day War
- 1973:
- Yom Kippur War
- Evidence:
- Documented events; partial operational detail
Documented threads
Syria's documented role spans the Eli Cohen case, the 1967 war and the 1973 attack. Each is treated separately and with its own evidence status.
Evidence assessment
The wars are documented; the operational detail of the Syria-related intelligence story is only partially declassified, and competing accounts exist.