{"id":15461,"date":"2026-08-18T18:49:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=15461"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:49:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:49:27","slug":"syria-vows-to-keep-nuclear-materials-under-iaea-oversight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/syria-vows-to-keep-nuclear-materials-under-iaea-oversight\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria Vows to Keep Nuclear Materials Under IAEA Oversight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The announcement comes as the transitional government in Damascus moves to clarify its position on sensitive security matters inherited from the Assad regime, according to <em>Telegram @me_observer_TG<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asaad Hassan al-Shibani<\/strong>, serving as Foreign Minister in Syria&#8217;s interim administration, made the statement amid ongoing questions about the disposition of strategic materials and facilities following the regime change that took place earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The commitment to IAEA oversight represents a continuity in Syria&#8217;s formal obligations under international non-proliferation frameworks, even as the country undergoes significant political transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Syria has been a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty since 1969, though its nuclear program has been subject to scrutiny and controversy over the years. The IAEA has conducted inspections and monitoring activities in Syria, particularly following a 2007 Israeli airstrike on what was alleged to be an undeclared nuclear reactor site at al-Kibar.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Minister&#8217;s assurance that nuclear material will remain in Syrian custody while accepting IAEA guarantees appears designed to balance national sovereignty concerns with international transparency requirements.<\/p>\n<p>How the transitional government will manage its relationship with the IAEA and other international bodies remains a key question as Damascus seeks to rebuild diplomatic relationships and potentially secure the lifting of sanctions that have crippled the Syrian economy for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telegram @me_observer_TG<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syria&#8217;s new Foreign Minister confirmed nuclear materials will remain under Syrian control while subject to International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":15460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[11947,2763,5588,11367,11948,195],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-15461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-asaad-hassan-al-shibani","tag-damascus","tag-iaea","tag-non-proliferation","tag-nuclear-materials","tag-syria","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15467,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15461\/revisions\/15467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15461"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=15461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}