Theopetrov: Sounds suspiciously like convenient timing to me given all the recent saber-rattling
Emmarana: thought syria's reactor projects were getting phased out after 2015? guess not. when do we get to see actual evidence of what they claim to have found?
Jonasd: what's astonishing is no one can verify how long Assad knew about this reactor
Emmarana: thought Syria was rebuilding after all these years, nope. what's this supposed to mean for their energy independence?
Mia: That's some concerning stuff. I was reading last week that Syria has been getting bolder about their nuclear ambitions under Putin's backing, but this is a pretty big revelation
Diego: Syria building nukes? classic IAEO drama but what's new is the Assad connection, wonder how much EU knew or turned a blind eye
Cobalt Mantis: this is quietly huge news considering syria's history with unregulated nuclear ambitions
Jonas: expected some kind of denazification regime to affect Assad's projects too
Ravi: This is more proof we can't trust anyone with power
Neon Wolf: convenient that this gets revealed now, just before another round of Geneva talks
Echo Warden: this is the kind of thing you'd expect from Iran, but not Assad?
Cobalt Mantis: surprisingly didn't think the regime had resources for nuclear. still trying to wrap my head around how much equipment they must've smuggled in undetected
Amirmeyer: what I don't understand is how someone could even consider using something like that for military purposes
Mendezmilan: I don't buy it that Assad was involved from the start, given his history. That's not the Syria I remember