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Israel claims responsibility for 2008 killing of Syrian general Suleiman.
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Israel acknowledged responsibility for the 2008 assassination of Syrian General Muhammad Suleiman, a senior security adviser to former President Bashar al-Assad, the Ma'an news agency reported. The killing occurred 18 years after the operation, when an Israeli naval commando unit approached by sea and opened fire on Suleiman at close range before withdrawing from the scene.
Suleiman held one of Syria's highest military ranks and served as a trusted security counselor to the Syrian leader at the time of his death. The Israeli operation marked a significant moment in the history of covert actions against Syrian officials, though details of the circumstances surrounding the raid remained limited in the initial reports of the acknowledgment.
