Scoop: U.S. brokers secret deal on clandestine Syrian nuclear site

Axios reports that the Trump administration brokered a secret agreement to remove nuclear material from a clandestine Syrian facility, preventing a potential military escalation. The site, known as 'Site 99,' contains yellowcake and residue from Syria's former Al-Kibar reactor—material that cannot be used for a nuclear weapon but could be fashioned into a dirty bomb. Israel had threatened military action if the material remained, and the IAEA recently signed a removal agreement with Syria's new government, with the work expected to complete by year's end.

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