Syria tells UN atom body of its 'delicate situation'
Syria has asked the United Nations nuclear watchdog for understanding of the country's "delicate situation" in response to requests for Syrian cooperation with an investigation into suspected illicit nuclear activity, agency chief Yukiya Amano said on Monday.
The Syrian comments cited by Amano, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, were an apparent reference to President Bashar al-Assad's campaign to stamp out a popular uprising, in which over 7,500 people have died by a UN count. (Reuters)
