By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Syrian scientist Dr Azizi Asber was blown up in his car, together with his driver, on Saturday night.
Dr Asber was in charge of Department 4, the department responsible for two very important pro-Syria projects.
Dr. Azizi Asber was developing new chemical and biological weapons and their delivery systems. He also worked very closely with Iran's rocket scientists and was helping to develop Iranian weapons.
Anti-Assad forces have claimed responsibility.
A group called Tahrir al Sham sent out a message taking credit for perpetrating the attack. You may already be familiar with the group - they used to be called al Nusra Front and they served as the representatives of al Qaeda in Syria.
An important subgroup of Tahrir al Sham, called Abu Amara Brigades, posted the message on their online Telegram channel saying that they "planted explosives" that assassinated the scientists.
The Assad regime has not yet commented on the successful assassination
of one of their most senior scientists.
This was a huge success for groups that we haven't heard from in a while, groups that we were led to believe no longer exist.
Well, these groups have returned, quite literally, with a bang.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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