"The Assad regime is at the top of the suspect list," in terms of who tried to kill Jeffrey Feltman"

We all remember that attack in the Quarantine section of Beirut: it was an attack on one embassy car (not the usual detail of a US ambassador, who seemed to have lost its way at the time.

"...Some reports have suggested that the personal nature of the insults is based on long-standing grudges between some members of the Obama administration and the Syrian officials. This Associated Press article links the new rhetoric to Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, who survived an assassination attempt, presumably planned by Syria, when he was ambassador to Lebanon during the George W. Bush administration.
"The Assad regime is probably at the top of the suspect list," in terms of who tried to kill Feltman, said Andrew Tabler, fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (AIPAC) and author of a new book about the U.S.-Syria relationship, In the Lion's Den, although Tabler doesn't think the war of words is based solely on personal grudges. ..."