The U.S. Carried out Regime Change in Syria in 1949 … and Tried Again in 1957, 1986, 1991 and 2011-Today | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

The U.S. Carried out Regime Change in Syria in 1949 … and Tried Again in 1957, 1986, 1991 and 2011-Today | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

The CIA backed a right-wing coup in Syria in 1949. Douglas Little,
Professor, Department of Clark University History professor Douglas
Little notes:

Recently declassified
records… confirm that beginning on November 30, 1948, [CIA operative
Stephen] Meade met secretly with Colonel Zaim at least six times to
discuss the “possibility [of an] army supported dictatorship.”