"US and Israel have agreed to remove atomic material from a secret facility in Syria – Axios According to reports, these countries will cooperate with Damascus and the IAEA to extract material from an object associated with the 2007 Israeli raid."

Updated 11 Aug, 2026 01:10

A 2008 satellite photograph depicting a Syrian atomic facility bombed by Israel in 2007. © DigitalGlobal via Getty Images

As Axios reported on Monday, citing American and Israeli officials, the U.S. and Israel made an agreement with Damascus to remove atomic material from a secret facility in Syria.

According to reports, the global Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will gain access to the site designated as ‘Object 99’ (Site 99) to safe material remaining from the Syrian Al-Kibar reactor, bombed by Israel in 2007.

This facility is said to contain a alleged yellow pastry (yellowkake), a concentrated uranium powder that can be processed into atomic fuel.

Although this material is not suitable for direct usage in the construction of an atomic bomb, it could be dispersed with conventional explosives, causing radiological contamination – which is characteristic of the alleged dirty bomb.

Israel was to bomb the entrances to the facility shortly after the US-backed rebel group coalition seized Damascus in December 2024, overthrowing the long-standing Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.

A typical of the Israeli authorities told Axios that the country threatened to bomb the facility again if atomic materials were not removed or if there were signs of attempts to access them by the Syrian side.

Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa, a erstwhile jihadist commander who erstwhile was on the U.S. wanted list, seeks to improve the country's relation with the West and gain abroad aid to Syria, a ravaged civilian war that has lasted since 2011.

Last month, he revealed that he was working on an agreement on safety with Israel, which since 2024 occupies part of southwest Syria, extending his presence outside Golan Hills, controlled by this country since 1967.

The al-Sharaa government besides tries to normalize relations with Russia, which provided military support to Asad.

At the beginning of this month, Moscow and Damascus agreed to transform the Russian Hmeymim Air Base and the Tartus naval base into joint training centres.

This agreement allows Russia to keep military presence in Syria after the fall of Assad's rule.

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source:https://www.rt.com/news/644090-us-israel-syria-nuclear-site/