IAEA finds uranium traces in Syria linked to site bombed by Israel
The International Atomic Energy Agency found processed uranium particles at Deir al-Zor, supporting suspicions of a covert nuclear reactor destroyed in a 2007 airstrike.
- The IAEA found uranium particles of anthropogenic origin in samples linked to the Deir al-Zor site, destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in 2007.
- This discovery revives concerns about an undeclared nuclear reactor at Deir al-Zor, which the IAEA concluded was very likely in 2011 but Syria denies.
- In the past year, the IAEA was allowed to enter several locations connected to Deir al-Zor and conducted additional environmental sampling, supported by renewed cooperation from Syria's Islamist-led government.
- In June 2025, IAEA Director Rafael Grossi met Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa, securing a pledge for 'full transparency' and requesting further site access and records analysis.
- The IAEA stated additional tests and access to documentation remain necessary before clarifying the nuclear activities, so the matter cannot yet be closed.
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IAEA finds uranium traces in Syria site bombed by Israel
The U.N. nuclear watchdog has found traces of uranium in Syria in its investigation into a building Israel destroyed in 2007 that the agency has long believed was probably an undeclared nuclear reactor, it said in a report to member states on Monday. The government of now-deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad said the Deir al-Zor site that included the building was a conventional military base. The International Atomic Energy Agency concluded in…
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