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Syrian rebels seize nuclear facility, says report

  • Saturday, February 23, 2013
  • Adar 13, 5773
  • 9:45 am IST

Al-Kibar site, destroyed in 2007 in a reported Israeli strike, was being used for research

By February 23, 2013, 9:26 am
Before and after satellite images of the Syrian nuclear reactor at al-Kibar, which was reportedly struck by Israel in 2007 (AP/DigitalGlobe)

Before and after satellite images of the Syrian nuclear reactor at al-Kibar, which was reportedly struck by Israel in 2007 (AP/DigitalGlobe)

Syrian rebels claimed Saturday that they had taken control of a nuclear facility that was reportedly bombed by Israel in 2007.

The al-Kibar site, located in the Deir ez-Zor region of eastern Syria, is believed to have housed a nuclear reactor, which according to foreign reports, was destroyed by the Israeli Air Force.

Israel has never admitted to carrying out the airstrike, and Syria denied that the facility was military in purpose.

In messages posted online, rebel sources described the site on Saturday as a “nuclear research facility.”

Some 165 people died Friday in clashes between President Bashar Assad’s forces and rebel fighters, reported Al Jazeera. In reported scud missile attacks in Aleppo, at least 29 people were killed, according to activists, and dozens more were feared to be trapped under rubble.

The UN estimates that nearly 70,000 people have died in the nearly two-year-old Syrian civil war.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-rebels-seize-nuclear-facility/

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