UN Report Finds Syria Was Building a Nuclear Reactor in Deir El-Zour Under Former President Assad
- Inspectors with the U.N. nuclear watchdog visited several sites in Syria in August for verification work, according to a confidential report seen by The Associated Press.
- The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that former Syrian authorities failed to report nuclear material, facilities, and activities as required under the NPT Safeguards Agreement.
- The unreported nuclear sites included a reactor under construction in Deir el-Zour, a fuel fabrication plant, and a fuel storage site during former President Bashar Assad's rule.
- IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani held a press conference in Damascus on August 18, 2026, regarding the inspection findings.
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The organization emphasizes that the former Syrian authorities "had not declared nuclear materials, facilities and activities"
By mid-August, the nuclear safety authority and the Syrian government had announced the discovery of "a few tons of nuclear material" at an "undeclared" site, "the legacy of the old regime".
Syria was building nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under Assad: UN report
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 Safegua…
Inspektori Međunarodne elektroja za atomsku energiju (IAEA) posetili su nekoliko lokacija u Siriji u avgustu i tada su otkrili da je ta zemlja za vreme bivšeg predsednika Bašara el Asada gradila nuklearni reactor u Deir el Zuru, saznaje danas američka agentja AP prema poverljivom izveštaju koji je distribuiran državama članicama, a u koji je imala uvid.
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For decades, Syria's secret nuclear resources remained largely in the dark. Now, the IAEA has reviewed and secured 73 tons of uranium, including fuel for a secret reactor project from Bashar al-Assad's time.
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