CIA activities in Syria

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[edit] Syria 1983

In 1983, President Assad of Syria signed a peace and friendship treaty with the Soviet Union and some have suggested that the coincidental uprising by the Muslim brotherhood in Syria was a CIA operation to overthrow Assad for his pro-Soviet policies.[1][2][1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Dreyfuss2006
  2. ^ Ostrovsky, Victor (1990). By Way of Deception: The Making and Unmaking of a MOSSAD officer. St. Martin's Press. 
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