Original sentence: As is usually the case in the Middle East, some people believe that it was Mossad, Israel's intelligence service, and not the Syrians, that may have had a lead role hand in the well-timed assasination, despite circumstancial evidence evidence pointing to Damascus
Edited sentence: While many Lebanese blame the killing of Hariri on Syria, many others in Lebanon and the rest of the Middle East believe that it was Mossad, Israel's intelligence service, and not the Syrian government, that may have had a lead role hand in the well-timed assasination to put pressure on Syria and Hezbollah, Israel's arch nemeses, and weaken their influence in Lebanon