A satellite view showing the remains of the Al-Kibar facility in Syria.
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theguardian.com
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog confirms the site hit by Israel in 2007 could have been used to make weapons.
New reports from the United Nations nuclear agency say that a site in Syria was meant to be used for nuclear weapons. This site was a reactor. A reactor is a machine used to create nuclear energy. Most of the time, these are used for electricity. But, if they are built a certain way, they can be used to make material for bombs. This facility was destroyed in 2007 during an air strike carried out by Israel. For a long time, there have been questions about what exactly the Syrians were building there. Now, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, has confirmed that the si…
