WikiLeaks: Cable tied Israel to killing of top Syrian aide

It was late in the evening of 1 August 2008 in the Syrian coastal city of Tartous when the sniper fired the fatal shot. The target was General Muhammad Suleiman, President Bashar al-Assad's top security aide. Israelis, the US embassy in Damascus reported, were "the most obvious suspects" in the assassination.

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This story was originally published December 20, 2010 at 10:48 PM with the headline "WikiLeaks: Cable tied Israel to killing of top Syrian aide."