Syria was building nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under Assad, UN report finds

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A UN report reveals that Syria attempted to build a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under the Assad regime, failing to comply with reporting obligations under the NPT Safeguards Agreement. UN nuclear inspectors conducted verification visits, confirming unreported nuclear activities.

Inspectors with the UN nuclear watchdog visited several sites in Syria in August and carried out verification work, according to a confidential report circulated to member states and seen Tuesday by Associated Press. Based on this visit, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that it is “able to establish that the former Syrian authorities had failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities as required under the NPT Safeguards Agreement”. This information included a nuclear...