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Syria was building a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under Assad, UN reports
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Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under ousted former President Bashar Assad. That's according to a U.N. report seen Tuesday by The Associated Press. Inspectors with the U.N. nuclear watchdog visited several sites in Syria in August.
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Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under ousted former President Bashar Assad. That's according to a U.N. report seen Tuesday by The Associated Press. Inspectors with the U.N. nuclear watchdog visited several sites in Syria in August.
VIENNA (AP) — Inspectors with the U.N. 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 The Associated Press.
A Syrian site held infrastructure "consistent with a nuclear reactor", the UN nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report seen by AFP on Tuesday, adding that the country under ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad "failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities".
