Syria has foiled an Israeli intelligence attempt to assassinate Khaled Meshaal, the political leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas who lives there, an Arabic newspaper reported on Thursday. The London-based Asharq al-Awsat quoted an unidentified Syrian source as saying security forces arrested a cell of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agents a few days ago who used fake passports to enter Syria, which is officially at war with Israel. “The cell was discovered and its members arrested by Syrian security forces who prevented them from carrying out the mission assigned to them by Israeli intelligence. This prevented the assassination attempt from being implemented,” the source said. Full Story
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