@thetruism · 10d ago
IAEA says Assad-era Syrian reactor was configured for nuclear weapons
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed that the Syrian reactor destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in 2007 was configured to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons.
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IAEA says Assad-era Syrian reactor was configured for nuclear weapons
- The Al-Kibar reactor destroyed in 2007 was configured to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons.
- The reactor was built during the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before being struck by Israel.
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