(Israel Hayom) Israel was behind the assassination last weekend of Syrian rocket scientist Aziz Azbar, according to a senior official from a Middle Eastern intelligence agency quoted in The New York Times earlier this week.

Azbar, who headed the Scientific Research and Studies Center in Masyaf, in northwestern Syria, was killed along with  his driver when a bomb attached to their car exploded.

As well as working at the center, which has long been associated with the development of sophisticated weaponry including Iranian Fateh missiles, Azbar was also believed to be in charge of coordinating between Iranian proxy Hezbollah and the Syrian regime and was reportedly in contact with North Korea and Russia.