Mossad behind Syrian scientist’s assassination

Paris: The Reference

Mossad was behind the assassination of the Syrian scientist Aziz Azbar, France media reports have suggested.

A senior official from a Middle Eastern intelligence agency also asserted that Mossad had a hand in the assassination of Aziz Azbar, the head of the Syrian Scientific Research and Studies Center in the city of Masyaf, according to The New York Times.

There is no official comment or reaction on the part of Israel, but as also known, Assassination was part of Israel’s campaign aimed at preventing Syria from rehabilitating its defense capabilities.

Israeli Minister of Military Affairs Avigdor Lieberman downplayed the possibility of Israeli involvement, telling that, “Every day in the Middle East, there are hundreds of explosions and settling of scores. Every time they try to place the blame on us. So we won’t take this too seriously”.

Israel’s Intelligence and Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz welcomed Asbar’s “departure from the world”.

The Israelis believed that Mr. Asbar was working to begin production of precision-guided missiles in Syria.

Israel had wanted to kill Mr. Asbar because of the prominent role he played in Syria’s missile program even before the current conflict broke out in 2011.