Military Intelligence Directorate (Syria): Difference between revisions

The MID was responsible for providing intelligence on foreign and internal threats to the deposed [[Government of Syria]], the former[[Syrian Armed Forces]] or the [[national security]] of Syria. The service also monitored opponents of the former government inside/outside Ba'athist Syria.<ref>Paul Todd, Jonathan Bloch [https://books.google.com/books?id=_95QPEm3RcEC&pg=PA167 Global intelligence: the world's secret services today] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509095425/https://books.google.com/books?id=_95QPEm3RcEC&pg=PA167 |date=9 May 2016 }}, Zed Books, 2003 {{ISBN|1-84277-113-2}} p. 167</ref> MID iswas both a foreign intelligence and a military security/[[counterintelligence]] service. During the [[Syrian occupation of Lebanon]], the Mukhabarat exercised political authority in [[Lebanon]]. After [[Cedar Revolution]] and Syrian withdrawal in 2005, it ended. It was suspected of providing logistic and material support to different Palestinian or Lebanese radical groups.<ref>[http://www.espionageinfo.com/Sp-Te/Syria-Intelligence-and-Security.html Syria, Intelligence and Security] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013023339/http://www.espionageinfo.com/Sp-Te/Syria-Intelligence-and-Security.html |date=13 October 2008 }}. Espionageinfo.com. Retrieved 19 October 2010.</ref>