The IAEA says that a Syrian target bombed in 2007 by Israel was very likely a covertly built nuclear reactor that was nearing completion.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, an organization within the United Nations, said that Syria repeatedly turned down its requests to visit the site after allowing an initial inspection in 2008 that turned up evidence of possible nuclear activities.
The findings corroborate the United States's own investigations and could result in potential UN Security Council against Syria.
Diplomats told the Associated Press that should the IAEA report that the Syrians were secretly attempting to build a nuclear reactor, the result would likely be a Western push to report Syria to the Security Council.
A senior Western diplomat told the AP Tuesday that the intuitive would come next month at the upcoming meeting of the 35-nation IAEA board and is likely to get majority backing.
Syria is one of the nations that signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which gives it the right to enrich its own fuel for domestic and non-military nuclear power, under inspection from the IAEA. However, a separate and binding safeguards agreement with the IAEA obliges Syria to inform the IAEA of any plans to construct a nuclear facility.
