Atomic Energy Ends Syria's Nuclear Program
The International Atomic Energy Agency has decided to close the file on Syria's nuclear commitments after the new Syrian authorities cooperated, allowing access to key nuclear sites and revealing a nearly completed reactor in Deir ez-Zor believed to have been intended for producing materials for nuclear weapons. Related facilities were discovered, including a site for manufacturing and storing nuclear fuel and uranium scrap, as well as 73 tons of natural uranium. This decision follows extensive investigations that began in 2011. The site had been targeted in an Israeli airstrike in 2018. Although there is no conclusive evidence of a nuclear weapons program in Syria, the site was suspected of aiming to produce plutonium and develop a covert nuclear program.
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