{
  "id": 4916608,
  "title": "Syria was building nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under Assad, UN report finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/syria-was-building-nuclear-reactor-in-deir-el-zour-under-assad-un",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T18:23:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3366033/syria-was-building-nuclear-reactor-deir-el-zour-under-assad-un-report-finds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Inspectors with the UN nuclear watchdog visited several sites in Syria in August and carried out verification work, according to a confidential report circulated to member states and seen Tuesday by Associated Press. Based on this visit, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that it is “able to establish that the former Syrian authorities had failed to report nuclear material,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "UN report finds Syria was building a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under former President Assad",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/un-report-finds-syria-was-building-a-nuclear-reactor-in-deir-el-zour",
        "published": "2026-09-01T17:23:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "UN report finds Syria was building a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under former President Assad",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/un-report-finds-syria-was-building-a-nuclear-reactor-in-deir-el-zour-4918755",
        "published": "2026-09-01T18:52:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Syria site infrastructure 'consistent with nuclear reactor': IAEA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/syria-site-infrastructure-consistent-with-nuclear-reactor-iaea",
        "published": "2026-09-01T19:30:29.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}