The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that Syria’s Assad-era government was building a nuclear reactor configured to produce fissile material that could have been used in nuclear weapons. Rafael Mariano Grossi cited the reactor’s configuration and technical features, according to the Associated Press. The blurb also notes Grossi appeared with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani at a Damascus press conference in August.
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