Just what WAS Syria hiding in the desert?

Did Israel bomb a nuclear fuel processing site in northern Syria earlier this year, a peaceful nuclear power plant, or something else?

The International Atomic Energy Association could soon have the answer.

After weeks of haggling, Syria will let the IAEA visit the el-Kibir site. But three other sites U.S. intelligence says may be linked to a clandestine nuclear program. However, pending the results of the initial visit, those sites may become open to the IAEA in the future:

“They will only go to the bombed site,” said a diplomat close to the IAEA. “They did request to go to other places. It’s the first visit. There will be other visits, to be sure, and you take one step at a time.”

It’s questionable how much the IAEA can even research in a brief initial visit. But, it hopefully will be able to start connecting the dots to follow up with on future tours.