(Reuters) Uranium particles found at a Syrian desert complex bombed to ruin by Israel in 2007 point to possible covert nuclear activity, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday, lending public support to Western suspicions of a nascent nuclear reactor at the site that Washington said was North Korean in design and geared to making weapons-grade plutonium. "The presence of such particles points to the possibility of nuclear-related activities at the site," said the report by new IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano. "Syria has yet to provide a satisfactory explanation for the origin and presence of these particles." "Syria has not cooperated with the agency since June 2008 in connection with the unresolved issues related to the Dair Alzour site and the other three locations allegedly functionally related to it," said the report.
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