Syrian reactor could have been used for nuclear weapons if completed, UN says

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The UN nuclear watchdog revealed that a nearly completed nuclear reactor in Syria, built secretly during Bashar al-Assad's regime, could have produced fissile material for nuclear weapons if completed.

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