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• On September 6, 2007, Israeli Defense Forces executed a bombing raid on Syria aimed at destroying a bomb factory believed to have been assembling nuclear warheads. Syria's air defenses repelled Israeli war planes, but not until the fighters destroyed what Israelis believed to be a nuclear cache.

• Fast Facts

  1. Syrian forces last fired at Israeli planes in June 2006
  2. Israel and Syria have been at war since 1973
  3. Last peace talks between the nations were held in 2000
  4. Aircraft engaged over Tall al-Abyad, near the Turkish border
  5. North Korea suspected of supplying alleged nuclear material

• Korea Connection

  On August 14, 2007, North Korea's foreign trade minister, Rim Kyong Man, visited Syria to sign an agreement that facilitated the exchange of science and technology between the two nations. Syria's acquisition of North-Korean-made Scud-C missiles,Times Online: Israelis ‘blew apart Syrian nuclear cache’ (September 16, 2007) coupled with North Korea's ample supply of weapons grade plutonium, has led Israeli officials to believe that North Korea is working with Syria to develop nuclear weapons.Times Online: Israelis hit Syrian ‘nuclear bomb plant’ (December 2, 2007)

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