Just one day after the Obama Administration declared an end to America's four-year long diplomatic embargo of the Syrian government, US Ambassador to the IAEA Gregory Schulte claimed there was "growing evidence of clandestine nuclear activities in Syria." The...
Officials: Inspectors Found Graphite, Uranium at Syria Site
In what one senior UN official described as a "significant" discovery, the word now is that the test samples taken from the Syrian site attacked by Israel in 2007 contained traces of graphite and 80 uranium particles, a trivial amount. The United States had claimed...
ElBaradei: Israel Violated International Law in 2007 Attack on Syria
In an interview with Newsweek magazine, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei was asked why he didn't condemn Syria and North Korea for "building a nuclear reactor" - referring to the alleged gas-graphite reactor some claim was being constructed along the Euphrates River. The...
Olmert ‘Fed Up’ With Pushes for Ceasefire as Death Toll Spirals
Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip continue to net more and more casualties, 635 killed based on the most recent reports, and while the operation continues to fail at its stated goal of bringing rocket fire from Hamas to a halt Israeli officials remain in no mood to...
Israel Hopes Gaza Killings Will Establish Deterrence Credibility
According to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokesman Mark Regev, the onslaught against the Gaza Strip over the past weekend has revitalized the cabinet, saying "there was an energy, a feeling that after so long of showing restraint we had finally acted."...
Iraq Eyes ‘More Assertive Role,’ Proposes Regional Bloc
Iraq wants a European Union of its own.
ElBaradei: Lack of Satellite Photos on Syria Site ‘Baffling’
Diplomats have focused on Syria's unwillingness to grant additional visits as stalling an International Atomic Energy Agency investigation into a bombed site which the US claims was a nearly-finished nuclear reactor, but IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei finds the more...
IAEA Overrides US Concerns, Approves Syria Aid
US complaints earlier this week about the "wholly inappropriate" IAEA aid scheduled to be provided to Syria have been rejected, and the agency has approved the $350,000 aid project to help the Syrian government select a site for a potential nuclear power plant. The...
ElBaradei: No Legal Basis for Curbing Syria’s IAEA Rights
The IAEA released a report on its investigation into allegations regarding Syria on Wednesday. The verdict was inconclusive, they found no definitive evidence of any wrongdoing but called for future investigations. Nevertheless, unproven accusations were sufficient...
US Official: Syria ‘Safe Haven’ for Terrorists Against Iraq
In a conference today in Damascus about security in Iraq, western officials praised Syria for its efforts to prevent foreign fighters from infiltrating into Iraq. The United States Charge d'Affaires however, condemned the host country, accusing them of "giving safe...