Did Israel destroy Syria’s nuclear weapons program?
Israel put an end to Syria’s alleged nuclear ambitions in 2006 when they bombed the country’s secret site near the Iraqi border.
Dubbed “Operation Orchard” or “Operation Outside the Box”, Israeli F-15 and F-16 warplanes bombed an alleged nuclear site some 30 kilometers outside of Deir Ezzor city in Syria’s eastern region.
While Israel kept this attack quiet for over a decade, they finally broke their silence in March 2017 when they claimed responsibility for the bombing.
According to the Haaretz publication, a former high-ranking Iranian security advisor named General Ali Reza Askari first confirmed the bombing in 2007 after he defected to the United States in 2007.
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