US and UK plotted regime change in Syria back in 1957

America and Britain plotted regime change in Syria back in 1957. CIA and MI6 planned to stage a border incident as a pretext for invasion and then eliminate top officials in Damascus.


Secret documents revealed:

"In order to facilitate the action of liberative forces, reduce the capabilities of the Syrian regime to organise and direct its military actions, to hold losses and destruction to a minimum, and to bring about desired results in the shortest possible time, a special effort should be made to eliminate certain key individuals. Their removal should be accomplished early in the course of the uprising and intervention and in the light of circumstances existing at the time."


The plan also included funding the opposition and arming rebels.

Prime Minister Macmillan and President Eisenhower personally approved the plot. Sound familiar?