Israel has declassified the data about the fact that ten and a half years ago, its air force bombed a nuclear reactor in the Syrian Arab Republic, who was in the final stages of construction, according to a press release from the army. The operation was carried out on the night of 5 on 6 September 2007, said the army press-service, having confirmed the data, which until now have been circulating in foreign media, but did not publicly commented upon by the Israelis. "in the night from 5 to 6 September, the Israeli air force destroyed a nuclear facility in the final stages of its construction in the Syrian province of Deir ezzor, 280 miles North-East of Damascus. Four F-16 aircraft eliminate the nuclear threat not only to Israel but to the entire region ",