Military Intelligence Directorate (Syria)

Military Intelligence Directorate
شعبة المخابرات العسكرية أو الأمن العسكري; Shu'bat al-Mukhabarat al-'Askariyya
Agency overview
Formed	1945 (current form in 1969)
Preceding agency	Deuxième Bureau;
Jurisdiction	Government of Syria
Headquarters	Defense Ministry headquarters, Umayyad Square, Damascus, Syria
Agency executives	Kamal Hassan (2024–present), Director; Mufid Khadour (2024–present), Deputy Director;
Parent agency	Ministry of Defense

The Military Intelligence Directorate (MID; Arabic: شعبة المخابرات العسكرية, romanized: Shu'bat al-Mukhabarat al-'Askariyya) is the military intelligence service of Syria.^[1] Although its roots go back to the French mandate period, its current organization was established in 1969.^[2]^[3] Its predecessor organisation was called the Deuxième Bureau (the Second Bureau).^[2]^[3] It is headquartered at the Defense Ministry building in Damascus. The military intelligence service, or the Mukhabarat in Arabic, is very influential in Syrian politics.

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^ ^a ^b Conflict Studies Journal at the University of New Brunswick Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Lib.unb.ca. Retrieved on 19 October 2010.