UN nuclear watchdog reports Syria was building a nuclear reactor under former President Assad

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UN nuclear watchdog reports Syria was building a nuclear reactor under former President Assad

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concluded in a new report that a site in Deir el-Zour, Syria, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in 2007, had infrastructure consistent with the construction of a nuclear reactor. The finding confirms long-held suspicions that the Assad government was pursuing a clandestine nuclear program.

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

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

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

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

RegionalSouth China Morning Post — Syria was building nuclear reactor during Assad rule, UN report confirms

RegionalN1 — IAEA otkrila da je Sirija gradila nuklearni reaktor za vreme predsednika Asada

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

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