Terrorists Use Mustard Gas, Sarin in Syria, Iraq

MOSCOW — Islamic State, also known as Daesh, and Nusra Front terrorists are using banned chemical weapons, including mustard gas and sarin, in Syria and Iraq, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday, according to Sputnik.

“We are seriously concerned about the recurring instances of “chemical terrorism” in the Middle East, particularly in Syria and Iraq,” ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RIA Novosti.

“Especially worrying is the fact that Islamic State [Daesh], Nusra Front and affiliated terrorist groups use not only industrial-grade toxic chemicals, such as chlorine, but also pure chemical warfare agents (mustard gas and sarin),” Zakharova stressed.

 On May, 2016, the organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapon (OPCW) warned that Deash terrorist organization manufactured chemical weapons and used them in Syria and Iraq.

The organization’s fact finding team found evidence that mustard gas was used in attacks in both countries and this proves that Deash has got the technology, knowledge and agents necessary to manufacture chemical weapons, according to  OPCW.

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