A covert agreement involving the U.S., Israel, and Syria aims to extract nuclear material from a secret site in Syria, averting an Israeli military intervention.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration successfully negotiated an agreement with Syria, Israel, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to extract nuclear material from a secret site in Syria. This deal was reached after months of behind-the-scenes diplomacy and threats from Israel to take military action if the material remained. DETAIL: The nuclear material, reportedly stored at a facility known as “Site 99,” included yellowcake uranium and residues from the former Syrian regime’s Al-Kibar reactor project, which was largely destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in 2007. The material, while not suitable for nuclear weapons, could potentially be used to create a radiological “dirty bomb.” Israel had closely…Open
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will soon remove nuclear material stored at a clandestine site in Syria after the Trump administration reached understandings with Syria and Israel, according to Israeli and U.S. officials. Why it matters: The Trump administration and IAEA scrambled to reach a diplomatic agreement to secure the material and prevent an escalation involving Israel, Syria and possibly even Turkey over the sensitive site. - U.S. officials say the episode validates President Trump's approach to Syria and shows how the U.S. used its close relations with the new Syrian government to neutralize a potential crisis. - The dramatic, behind-the-scenes exchange of threats and diplomacy over the secret site — which…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will soon remove nuclear material stored at a clandestine site in Syria after the Trump administration reached understandings with Syria and Israel, according to Israeli and U.S. officials. Why it matters: The Trump administration and IAEA scrambled to reach a diplomatic agreement to secure the material and prevent an escalation involving Israel, Syria and possibly even Turkey over the sensitive site. - U.S. officials say the episode validates President Trump's approach to Syria and shows how the U.S. used its close relations with the new Syrian government to neutralize a potential crisis. - The dramatic, behind-the-scenes exchange of threats and diplomacy over the secret site — which…Open
