Tehran, Jan 12, IRNA � Damascus rejected rumors that it is building nuclear arms facilities in secret.
��According to the Syrian state News Agency (SANA), the claim was carried first by the German weekly Der Spiegel which said Syria has secret plans to produce nuclear arms.
In a report on Monday, the news agency termed as �ridiculous� the claims said such rumors are parts of a propaganda ploy by countries which are tending to push the international and regional powers into intervening in Syrian domestic affairs.

The German weekly on Sunday quoted a number of western experts as claiming that the Syrian government owns nuclear installations code-named ��Zam Zam� close to the city of Qasir on Lebanese border.

By IRNA

 

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