[UPDATE-Sep 9, 2026-Israel-Iran War] Gaza-Hamas, Lebanon-Hezbollah, Syria: Real Time Reaction and Analysis

IAEA: ‘Syrian reactor destroyed by Israel could produce nuclear weapons’ The nuclear reactor Israel destroyed in Syria in 2007 was capable of rapidly producing fissile material suitable for nuclear weapons, according to International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. A new IAEA report reaffirmed the agency’s long-standing assessment that the site in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zor province was a nuclear reactor under construction and that fuel intended for its operation had been produced inside Syria. Neither activity was reported to the IAEA by the Assad regime, despite its international obligations. Grossi said the investigation had now produced what the…