Overview

• Inspectors plan to return to the North Korean-built Deir el-Zour reactor alongside three other sites to verify details of Syria’s clandestine program.
• Rafael Mariano Grossi said the mission aims to resolve uncertainties over activities previously judged likely linked to nuclear weapons.
• The IAEA warned that enriched uranium might remain unaccounted for, making it vulnerable to smuggling or reuse.
• The agency offered to transfer equipment for nuclear medicine and help rebuild Syria’s war-damaged radiotherapy and oncology infrastructure.
• President Ahmad al-Sharaa indicated he is open to exploring civilian nuclear energy, likely through small modular reactors.