PARIS -- Bitter rivals Israel and Syria both announced yesterday that they want to pursue atomic-power plants, potentially complicating the diplomatic storm over Iran's nuclear program and fueling a widening web of suspicion across the Middle East.
In a region where few leaders trust each other to keep a nuclear program peaceful, Israel -- which is widely thought to have a secret nuclear-weapons program -- is unlikely to accept Syrian assurances that its program is civilian.
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