IAEA confirms Syrian site bombed by Israel in 2007 was a nuclear reactor

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IAEA confirms Syrian site bombed by Israel in 2007 was a nuclear reactor

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded that a site in Deir el-Zour, Syria, which was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in 2007, contained infrastructure consistent with an undeclared nuclear reactor. The finding officially confirms long-held suspicions that the Assad government was pursuing a nuclear weapons program.

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Non-West StateDaily Sabah — Syria built nuclear reactor under Assad, IAEA confirms

Non-West Ind.Al Arabiya — Syria site held infrastructure ‘consistent with nuclear reactor’: IAEA

West MSMAP — Syria was building a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under Assad, UN reports

RegionalYnetnews — 73 tons of uranium revealed at secret nuclear site in Syria

West RightThe Telegraph — Assad was building a nuclear reactor in Syria

RegionalAhram Online — UN report finds Syria was building a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under former President Assad - Region - World

RegionalTimes of Israel — IAEA says findings at Syrian site hit by Israel ‘consistent with a nuclear reactor’

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