or assassinations in general, I do believe that this—if the particulars as reported turn out to be true, of course—counts as taking the fight to the other side.

Architect of crackdown in Syria and Defense Minister killed in bombing | the two-way

“The uprising in Syria against the regime of President Bashar Assad took a dramatic turn today when an explosion at a government building in Damascus killed the country’s defense minister and a brother-in-law of the president. […]”