Symbolic imageDamascus expects an IAEA delegation within days and says it will then announce significant progress on nuclear material left by the Assad government. Under the US-brokered arrangement with Israel, nothing has been removed from the site yet.
The topic covers undeclared nuclear material held at a secret location in Syria, referred to as 'Site 99', and the effort to get it out of the country. It involves the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Syrian government, with the United States acting as broker and Israel a party to the arrangement. Syrian officials say they were unaware the material was there.
Syria will host a delegation from the UN nuclear watchdog in the coming days and expects to announce what it describes as significant progress on material left behind by the former government, Daily Sabah and The National reported on Tuesday. The visit follows an arrangement with Damascus and Israel brokered by the United States.
The IAEA is to remove nuclear material from an undisclosed site in Syria under a US-brokered deal. Syrian officials say they did not know it was there.