Who Killed Mohammad Suleiman?

The Syrian President’s “right hand” on security was assassinated. Who killed him and why?

President Assad was in Iran when it happened. (Reuters)

According to a Syrian source for Alsharkalawsat, Mr. Suleiman who was assassinated a few days ago belonged to an exclusive set of high-echelon officials in the Syrian regime who actually held a large amount of state and military secrets. The source also said that Mr. Assad had a lot of confidence in Mr. Sleiman and that Mr. Sleiman’s status was even higher than that of the minister of defense.

According to the source, the assassination was carried out in professional precision by a sniper from the sea’s direction while Mr. Suleiman was sunbathing in the coastal city of Tartous. The circumstances remain vague as non of Syria’s state-controlled-media mentioned it.

The yet-to-be confirmed news has sent a whirlwind of speculations buzzing through the Arab and Israeli media, prompting many theories on why Mr. Suleiman was assassinated and on the significance of the Event. 

Here are the theories I found most credible:

1- Mr. Suleiman was killed by the Syrian regime because he knows too much about the coordination between Syria, Iran and North Korea on nuclear programs. 

2- Mr. Suleiman was killed by the Iranians to revenge the killing of Imad Mughnieh 6 months ago in Damascus. This theory is especially credible considering the fact that it took place while Mr. Assad was in Tehran.

3- Mr. Suleiman was killed by the Iranians to warn the Syrian regime of getting too cozy with Israel.

4- Mr. Suleiman was killed by the Syrian regime because he’s connected to the Hariri assassination

5- Mr. Suleiman was killed by the Syrian regime as a show of goodwill to Israel, since the officer was rumored to be the liaison between the Syrian regime and Hezbollah. 

6- Mr. Suleiman was killed by the Israeli intelligence as a way to put pressure on Mr. Assad to take action with regards to Hezbollah’s armament.

I’d like to know what you think of this. Which of the above theories do you find the most convincing? Why?