Nuclear materials from the Assad regime's abandoned project must be accounted for and secured, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog has told The National.
International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi said pinning down the remnants of Syria's failed project was one of the agency's top priorities this year, as armed militias and government troops clash in the north-east of the country.
Israel bombed Al Kibar reactor near Deir Ezzor in 2007, amid intelligence reports that suggested it was close to completion thanks to extensive support from North Korea.
It was estimated that 96 per cent of the chemical stockpile was destroyed, but inspectors had no access to the site for nearly
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