Overview

• IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said Syria’s new government has granted inspectors immediate entry to suspected former nuclear facilities.
• Inspection teams will revisit the 2007-targeted reactor at Deir el-Zour and three other related sites to confirm past nuclear activities.
• The agency seeks to determine whether Damascus produced weapons-grade material and to locate any remaining enriched uranium.
• President Ahmad al-Sharaa has signaled openness to exploring peaceful nuclear energy under strict IAEA supervision.
• The IAEA plans to deliver nuclear medicine equipment and support reconstruction of Syria’s radiotherapy and oncology services.