UN inspectors visited the Syrian nuclear reactor destroyed by Israel in 2007 and the secret Site 99 facility for storing nuclear material for the first time ever, Barak Ravid (N12) reports.
UN inspectors have visited, for the first time, the Syrian nuclear reactor destroyed by Israel in the 2007 Operation Outside the Box (Al-Kibar) and the separate secret facility known as Site 99, which stores nuclear material remnants, according to a report by Barak Ravid (N12) on Tuesday.
The inspection marks the first international access to both sites since their roles in Syria's illicit nuclear program were exposed. The Al-Kibar reactor was bombed by the Israeli Air Force on September 6, 2007, preventing a plutonium production track. Site 99 was identified in recent years as a storage site for yellowcake uranium linked to the Al-Kibar program.
As The Zioneer has previously reported, following the fall of the Assad regime, the IDF took action to secure Site 99, and the Trump administration, in coordination with the IAEA, brokered a deal with the new Syrian government to remove the nuclear materials. The UN inspection visit represents a significant step in verifying the status of these sensitive sites.
No further details about what the inspectors found or whether any materials remain on site were immediately reported.
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