# Syrian nuclear reactor could have been useful for weapons, IAEA chief says

https://mins.news/en/item/48513

- Reuters, 2026-09-07 14:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syrian-nuclear-reactor-could-have-been-useful-weapons-iaea-chief-says-2026-09-07/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a9ec941abedf1000171bf44

> IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday that the reactor Syria had nearly completed in 2007, before Israeli jets destroyed it, was a type capable of quickly producing fissile material usable in nuclear weapons.

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