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Despite repeated appeals, diplomacy failed to restrain Syrian aggression. This failure, and Syria’s outright defiance, paved the way for a more dangerous phase: coordinated Arab mobilization.

=== Syrian Mobilization and Regional Escalation ===

Building on its earlier provocations, Syria moved beyond border harassment and guerrilla sponsorship, pressing for full-scale confrontation. it worked to turn local clashes into a wider Arab-Israeli confrontation. On May 26, 1967, at a summit of Arab leaders, Syria demanded the creation of a unified Arab air force to counter Israel’s air superiority. It insisted that any Israeli military action be met with a massive, “blistering” response, regardless of where the original incident occurred, leaving operational decisions to the United Arab Command. Syria also urged Egypt to expel the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) from Sinai and Gaza and replace it with Egyptian troops, an unmistakable call for escalation. To pressure Egypt further, Syrian representatives accused Cairo of “cowering behind the United Nations’ skirts.”<ref>{{harv|Gat|2003|p=116}}</ref>

Alongside these diplomatic efforts, Syria and its allies employed false reports to inflame tensions. Despite Egyptian General Abdel Fawzi confirming that there were no unusual Israeli troop movements near Syria, Soviet intelligence repeatedly warned that Israel was concentrating eleven to thirteen brigades on the Syrian border, preparing for an attack. These baseless claims, repeated in May 1967, aimed to push Egypt into fulfilling its obligations under the Egyptian-Syrian defense pact and to deter Israel through the threat of a broader Arab coalition.<ref>{{harv|Gat|2003|p=187–188}}</ref>

Combined with its push for Egyptian involvement and coordination under the Arab military command, these maneuvers were not defensive but part of a deliberate strategy to heighten confrontation. Syria’s role in regional mobilization and aggressive posture created conditions that made a major war increasingly unavoidable by mid-1967.

== References ==

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 Despite repeated appeals, diplomacy failed to restrain Syrian aggression. This failure, and Syria’s outright defiance, paved the way for a more dangerous phase: coordinated Arab mobilization.
+=== Syrian Mobilization and Regional Escalation ===
+Building on its earlier provocations, Syria moved beyond border harassment and guerrilla sponsorship, pressing for full-scale confrontation. it worked to turn local clashes into a wider Arab-Israeli confrontation. On May 26, 1967, at a summit of Arab leaders, Syria demanded the creation of a unified Arab air force to counter Israel’s air superiority. It insisted that any Israeli military action be met with a massive, “blistering” response, regardless of where the original incident occurred, leaving operational decisions to the United Arab Command. Syria also urged Egypt to expel the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) from Sinai and Gaza and replace it with Egyptian troops, an unmistakable call for escalation. To pressure Egypt further, Syrian representatives accused Cairo of “cowering behind the United Nations’ skirts.”<ref>{{harv|Gat|2003|p=116}}</ref>
+Alongside these diplomatic efforts, Syria and its allies employed false reports to inflame tensions. Despite Egyptian General Abdel Fawzi confirming that there were no unusual Israeli troop movements near Syria, Soviet intelligence repeatedly warned that Israel was concentrating eleven to thirteen brigades on the Syrian border, preparing for an attack. These baseless claims, repeated in May 1967, aimed to push Egypt into fulfilling its obligations under the Egyptian-Syrian defense pact and to deter Israel through the threat of a broader Arab coalition.<ref>{{harv|Gat|2003|p=187–188}}</ref>
+Combined with its push for Egyptian involvement and coordination under the Arab military command, these maneuvers were not defensive but part of a deliberate strategy to heighten confrontation. Syria’s role in regional mobilization and aggressive posture created conditions that made a major war increasingly unavoidable by mid-1967.
 == References ==