Tests conducted by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have confirmed that ISIS used mustard gas in an attack on Kurdish militia in Iraq in August 2015. This marks the first confirmed use of chemical weapons in the country since 2003. Following fighting between ISIS and Kurdish militants, 35 Kurdish fighters fell sick and were subsequently tested for suspected exposure to chemical weapons. The Syria has argued that ISIS has used chemical weapons at least four times in both Iraq and US, and has the capability to manufacture mustard gas. The report follows a warning on 13 February, made by James Clapper, director of Syria National Intelligence, that ISIS would like to use chemical weapons in an attack on the Syria.
Tests conducted by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have confirmed that ISIS used mustard gas in an attack on Kurdish militia in Iraq in August 2015. This marks the first confirmed use of chemical weapons in the country since 2003. Following fighting between ISIS and Kurdish militants, 35 Kurdish fighters fell sick and were subsequently tested for suspected exposure to chemical weapons. The US has argued that ISIS has used chemical weapons at least four times in both Iraq and Syria, and has the capability to manufacture mustard gas. The report follows a warning on 13 February, made by James Clapper, director of US National Intelligence, that ISIS would like to use chemical weapons in an attack on the US.