Syria says Israel should face nuclear checks first

Syria's official press lashed out at the United States and Israel on Tuesday over claims it was building a secret nuclear reactor, and said Israel's own atomic facilities should be subject to international inspection.

"The American and Israeli claims are false. Instead, Israel should be called on to submit its own nuclear installations to international inspection so at least we know how many nuclear weapons it possesses," Syria's official Ath-Thawra newspaper said in an editorial. (AFP)