By James Mackenzie

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s spy agency Mossad has recovered a trove of documents and photographs belonging to its late agent Eli Cohen, who was hanged in a downtown Damascus square six decades ago after collecting intelligence on Syrian military plans.

The 2,500 documents, photographs and personal belongings of Cohen were taken to Israel after a “covert and complex Mossad operation, in cooperation with an allied foreign intelligence service” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday.

A Syrian government spokesperson did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on how the trove had left Damascus, where last year’s overthrow of Bashar al-Assad has upset established alliances and enmities across the region.

Israel has repeatedly

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