{"id":17940,"date":"2025-05-25T21:03:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=17940"},"modified":"2025-05-25T21:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:03:51","slug":"israel-retrieves-eli-cohens-secret-archive-from-syria-in-covert-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/25\/israel-retrieves-eli-cohens-secret-archive-from-syria-in-covert-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Retrieves Eli Cohen\u2019s Secret Archive from Syria in Covert Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-In a covert Israeli operation, Eli Cohen\u2019s long-hidden archive was transferred from Syria to Tel Aviv, reportedly with the cooperation of Syrian officials.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-50\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"f12387bd-e7dc-4be4-9437-9fa5e7600a91\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"1020\">The Israeli news site i24NEWS reported that the archive of Eli Cohen, the Israeli spy executed by Syria in 1965, was secretly transferred to Tel Aviv via a helicopter that landed in Sweida, southern Syria.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1372\">Citing what it described as a Syrian source, the report stated that the helicopter landed on May 2 and transported Cohen\u2019s archive in a gesture from the Syrian government and transitional President Al-Sharaa to both Israel and the United States. The flight route reportedly avoided Jordanian and Lebanese airspace to maintain secrecy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1781\">The source added that at the time, the helicopter&#8217;s presence raised speculation in both Syria and Israel, with rumors that it was delivering weapons and food to the local Druze community or smuggling a Druze religious leader to Israel. However, it has now been revealed that the mission\u2019s true purpose was to extract the archive, secured by a senior Syrian military commander loyal to Al-Sharaa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16479\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16479 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sharaa.jpg\" alt=\"the mission\u2019s true purpose was to extract the archive, secured by a senior Syrian military commander loyal to Al-Sharaa.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sharaa.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sharaa-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sharaa-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmad Al-Sharaa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1783\" data-end=\"2035\">The report ties this covert transfer to ongoing positive negotiations between Israel and Syria in Azerbaijan, reportedly brokered by Turkey, and involving direct conversations between former Israeli security officials and Al-Sharaa himself.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2037\" data-end=\"2424\">The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously announced that the operation resulted in the recovery of approximately 2,500 documents, photos, and personal belongings from the official Syrian archive on Eli Cohen. The operation, executed by Mossad in collaboration with a partner intelligence agency, was described as &#8220;complex and classified.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2426\" data-end=\"2458\">The recovered materials include:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2459\" data-end=\"2822\">\n<li data-start=\"2459\" data-end=\"2498\">\n<p data-start=\"2461\" data-end=\"2498\">Cohen\u2019s original handwritten will<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2499\" data-end=\"2521\">\n<p data-start=\"2501\" data-end=\"2521\">Audio recordings<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2522\" data-end=\"2553\">\n<p data-start=\"2524\" data-end=\"2553\">Interrogation transcripts<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2554\" data-end=\"2590\">\n<p data-start=\"2556\" data-end=\"2590\">Correspondence with his family<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2591\" data-end=\"2637\">\n<p data-start=\"2593\" data-end=\"2637\">Photos taken during his mission in Syria<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2638\" data-end=\"2660\">\n<p data-start=\"2640\" data-end=\"2660\">Forged passports<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2661\" data-end=\"2710\">\n<p data-start=\"2663\" data-end=\"2710\">Notebooks and daily logs of his Mossad work<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2711\" data-end=\"2822\">\n<p data-start=\"2713\" data-end=\"2822\">A file on his wife Nadia Cohen, documenting Syrian surveillance during her efforts to secure his release.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6032\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6032 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Head-of-Mossad-David-Barnea.jpg\" alt=\"A private meeting was held between Netanyahu, Mossad chief David Barnea, and Nadia Cohen, where the archive was presented\" width=\"870\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Head-of-Mossad-David-Barnea.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Head-of-Mossad-David-Barnea-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Head-of-Mossad-David-Barnea-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Head-of-Mossad-David-Barnea-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Head-of-Mossad-David-Barnea-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Head-of-Mossad-David-Barnea-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Head of Mossad David Barnea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"2824\" data-end=\"3082\">A private meeting was held between Netanyahu, Mossad chief David Barnea, and Nadia Cohen, where the archive was presented. Barnea called the operation a &#8220;moral achievement&#8221; and a step closer to discovering Cohen\u2019s burial site in Damascus.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3084\" data-end=\"3248\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This symbolic return of Eli Cohen\u2019s archive may also signal a new chapter of behind-the-scenes diplomacy in a region where such gestures are rarely made public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-In a covert Israeli operation, Eli Cohen\u2019s long-hidden archive was transferred from Syria to Tel Aviv, reportedly with the cooperation of Syrian officials. 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