IAEA Confirms Assad-Era Syrian Reactor Was Configured for Nuclear Weapons
The International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed that a clandestine nuclear reactor constructed in Syria during Bashar al-Assad’s rule was specifically designed to produce materials for nuclear weapons. The finding underscores long-standing concerns about the regime’s covert nuclear ambitions before the facility was destroyed in 2007.
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