New Facts: IAEA Chief Confirms Reactor for Nuclear Weapons

IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi said Syria’s Assad-era government was secretly building a nuclear reactor that was nearly complete. He said the reactor was configured to produce fissile material suitable for nuclear weapons.

Inspectors visited two Syrian sites last month, one in Deir ez-Zor and a second at an undisclosed location. The disclosure puts on record that the project’s design was aimed at making weapons-usable nuclear material.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources