No. Blowing up Suleimani with a predator drone was not an assassination. No. Blowing up Saleh al-Arouri with a drone was not an assassination.
Assassination requires a scheme or subterfuge. It's creeping up on someone or setting up for the perfect moment. An entire military department directing a distance strike at a convenient moment is not an assassination, it is an act of war.
Assassination is ALSO generally an act of war but the method and context is different.
I disagree somewhat, I think an assassination is the targeted killing of an individual or group of individuals.
Differentiated from a military action because the intention is to kill a specific person and from murder because the goal is to effect some political gain.
Oh baby talk proper-use-of-effect-as-a-verb to me again!