August 1, 2008 Syrian General Mohammed Soilaman was hosting a dinner party at his mansion in the

picturesque coastal city of Tartous. As the sun set over the Mediterranean Sea, Soilaman invited

his guests to join him on the balcony for a drink. In the water below, 100 meters away, two

snipers were floating, waiting. Unknown to Soilaman, his every move was being watched. He peered

over the balcony, taking one last look at the crimson sky before rejoining his guests.

Two bullets hit the general in the neck and the head. He collapsed in front of his guests.

Below, the assassins dove below the surface of the water and disappeared.

Who were these mysterious killers and what led to their planned killing of one of the most

powerful men in Syria? Welcome to covert, a show about the shadowy world of international

espionage and top secret military operations. North Korea was building a nuclear reactor in Syria.

I'm Jamie Renel and I'm going to take you inside history's greatest special forces missions

to learn about the brave soldiers who risked their lives to terminate the world's most

wanted men, eliminate terrorist threats and protect countless innocent lives.

If there is a mistake made and they're compromised, that could have been a war.

Even if you've been in 100 special missions, you're always afraid.

This is the untold story of how Israel's ruthless special forces unit foiled Syria's secret plan

to develop a nuclear bomb. This is the Syrian nuclear strike.

For seven years, the identity of the general's killers remained unknown.

But in 2015, the website WikiLeaks, founded by controversial whistleblower Julian Assange,

released several top secret US government documents. Among these documents were papers that

revealed that the assassination was likely the work of one of the most legendary fighting forces

in the world. Israel's assassination specialists, the Kedon.

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