Israelis kill Iranian nuclear scientist in Syria?

Eurasia Review:

With less than two weeks run-up to the ‘deadline’ for Iran and the P-5 + 1 to negotiate a final agreement, the ninth set of talks between the parties on the nuclear issue, Mossad has assassinated a team of five nuclear weapons specialists in Damascus, the leader of whom was Iranian.

This according to one of the authors of the just published Naame Shaam’s report: Iran in Syria: From an Ally of the Regime to an Occupying Force which levels many accusations against Iran’s leadership and accuses the Islamic Republic of ‘occupying” Syria in order to fill in its “Shia Crescent” trajectory from Yemen to Lebanon. The five engineers were reportedly being watched for weeks as they would arrive one at a time daily to their secured work quarters without guards and in plain clothes in order not to attract attention. Mossad, widely known to have many agents among the opponents of the regime across Syria as it watches Iranian projects. By its own admission, the Proverbs 24:6 “By Way of Deception, Thou Shalt Do War” organization has watchers up close at other nuclear facilities outside Iran where the Islamic Republic has sent specialized personnel in Syria and Iraq.
...

There is more.

Israel had previously destroyed a Syrian nuclear facility and it now appears to be going after the brain trust behind it.  The article claims that Iran is now an occupying power in Syria where it is still trying to protect Shia rule.