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In this Saturday, March 4, 2017 file photo, Nazim Hamid stands next to his injured son Yasir, 11, a victim of a possible IS chemical attack in a hospital Irbil, Iraq (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File)
June 13, 2017, 6:46 am
IS chemical weapons capability degraded, analysts say
London-based group says jihadists likely retain expertise to produce small quantities of deadly agents
By AP
This image made from a video posted on September 18, 2013, shows a student wearing a gas mask and protective suit during a classroom session on how to respond to a chemical weapons attack in Aleppo, Syria (photo credit: AP)
January 2, 2017, 10:25 am
UK minister warns IS plotting chemical attack in Europe
Following reports it used mustard gas in Iraq and Syria, terror group believed to have ‘aspirations’ to carry out a ‘mass-casualty’ strike
By TOI staff
In this Jan. 21, 2010, file photo, Debra Michaels, Chemical Operations Manager demonstrates a gas chromatograph inside a mobile testing lab at the Army's Pueblo Chemical Storage facility in Pueblo, Colo. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)
September 1, 2016, 3:15 pm
US set to destroy big chemical weapon stockpile
780,000 mustard agent-filled artillery shells to be dismantled and neutralized in compliance with international treaty
By Dan Elliott
Illustrative image of members of a UN investigative team taking samples near the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack, in Syria, August 28, 2013. (AP/United Media Office of Arbeen)
May 23, 2016, 6:32 am
IS said to experiment on prisoners with chemical weapons
Terror group also reported to move chlorine and mustard gas operations to dense residential areas in Mosul
By TOI staff and AFP
An Israeli soldier driving an armored personal carrier during a military exercise in the Golan Heights, near the border with Syria on Tuesday. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)
April 27, 2016, 11:20 pm
Israeli official: IS-affiliate’s use of chemical weapons a ‘red line’
Senior official says Jerusalem ‘will not stand by’ if the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade tests the deadly agents
By TOI staff
An Israeli soldier stands on top of an armored personnel carrier stationed on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights on August 21, 2015. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
April 27, 2016, 1:33 am
Israel fears IS affiliate on Syrian border holds chemical weapons
Officials are monitoring the actions of the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, believing they may be planning to test the deadly agents
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of members of a UN investigative team taking samples near the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack, in Syria, August 28, 2013. (AP/United Media Office of Arbeen)
April 5, 2016, 2:03 pm
IS said to carry out deadly chemical attack on Syrian army
State media says group fired mustard gas rockets at besieged Deir el-Zour military airport; casualties unknown
By AFP
The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands (photo credit: AP/Peter Dejong)
February 15, 2016, 7:02 pm
Diplomat: Islamic State used mustard gas against Kurdish fighters
Global chemical weapons watchdog confirms first use of the gas in Iraq since Saddam Hussein’s fall in 2003
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of a chemical weapons stockpile (photo credit: CC BY-jenspie3/Flickr)
January 5, 2016, 11:45 am
UN watchdog finds traces of Syria sarin gas exposure
Chemical weapons agency investigating 11 incidents; won’t say where, or who was responsible for use of banned munitions
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a victim of an alleged chemical weapons attack on Homs, Syria, December 23, 2012 (screen capture: YouTube)
November 6, 2015, 4:00 am
Weapons experts confirm mustard gas used in Syria war
UN watchdog sources say deadly weapon unleashed in Marea on August 21; unclear who is behind attack
By Maude Brulard
Illustrative photo of demonstrators chanting pro-Islamic State slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, June 16, 2014. (AP, File)
August 22, 2015, 12:32 am
US: Tests show mustard gas traces in Islamic State attack
US Army official says final testing underway on mortar fragments presented by Kurdish forces fighting IS in Iraq
By Lolita C. Baldor
Illustrative photo of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, August 17, 2014 (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
August 17, 2015, 3:41 pm
Chemical watchdog: IS gas attacks a ‘matter of serious concern’
Group says it will contact Iraqi authorities after Kurds report possible chlorine or mustard gas attack
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a Kurdish peshmerga fighter (AP/Zana Ahmed)
August 16, 2015, 5:12 am
Testing reportedly shows Islamic State used mustard gas on Kurds
Samples from attack in Syria two weeks ago confirm use of nerve agent or precursor, officials say
By TOI staff
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters monitor the area from their front line position in Bashiqa, a town 13 kilometers north-east of Mosul in Iraq, on August 16, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
August 14, 2015, 2:18 am
Islamic State likely used mustard gas on Kurds, US says
White House probing whether jihadists deployed nerve agent — possibly obtained from stockpile Assad tried to squirrel away — in attack on peshmerga in northern Iraq
By AP, AFP and TOI staff
The village of Mursitpinar with smoke rising from the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobani by the Kurds, on October 10, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Aris Messinis)
October 13, 2014, 9:04 pm
Islamic State said to use chemical weapons on Kurds
Health officials in embattled town of Kobani assert that deaths of several Kurdish fighters were due to exposure to toxins
By TOI staff
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