IAEA board draws a line under past Syrian nuclear activities

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The IAEA's Board of Governors resolved outstanding questions regarding Syria's past secret nuclear activities during the Assad regime. The resolution reflects new Syrian authorities' cooperation in addressing concerns raised after Israeli airstrikes in 2007.

VIENNA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution on Wednesday drawing a line under Syria's secret nuclear activities during the Assad family's rule, saying the new authorities had helped resolve all outstanding questions. After Israel bombed a site in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor in 2007 that it said was a secret nuclear reactor near completion, the International Atomic Energy Agency demanded Syria come clean on its nuclear activities, which it did not do.