UN inspectors suspect that a Syrian complex, destroyed in the air raid conducted by Israel in September last year, was actually a nuclear reactor. They base their assumptions on the significantly high traces of uranium that they found at the site.
The International Atomic Energy Agency on the other hand reported that these finding were not enough to conclude that a reactor was there. They stated that further investigations needed to be conducted in the area and that for this greater transparency from the Syrian administration was needed.
Syria has dismissed as fabricated the satellite imagery and other intelligence that establishes the presence of a nuclear reactor in that region. Damascus has stuck to its stance that the site was a disused military building and that the uranium traces almost certainly came with the weapons used to bomb the buildings.
The IAEA has requested the Syrian government to cooperate with the investigation process. The Syrian government has not produced the required documentation to support its claims.
The International Atomic Energy Agency on the other hand reported that these finding were not enough to conclude that a reactor was there. They stated that further investigations needed to be conducted in the area and that for this greater transparency from the Syrian administration was needed.
Syria has dismissed as fabricated the satellite imagery and other intelligence that establishes the presence of a nuclear reactor in that region. Damascus has stuck to its stance that the site was a disused military building and that the uranium traces almost certainly came with the weapons used to bomb the buildings.
The IAEA has requested the Syrian government to cooperate with the investigation process. The Syrian government has not produced the required documentation to support its claims.
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