A Syrian site held infrastructure "consistent with a nuclear reactor", the UN nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report seen by AFP on Tuesday, adding that the country under ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad "failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities". Inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) last month visited two sites, one in Deir Ezzor and a second location related to nuclear material identified by Syria.

In confidential report, UN nuclear watchdog says ousted Assad regime 'failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities' at Deir Ezzor, which Israel struck in 2007

Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under ousted former President Bashar Assad