Major insurgent attacks Foreign interventions IS genocide of minorities IS war crimes Timeline Chemical weapon use in the War in Iraq (2013–2017) by ISIL has been confirmed by the OPCW[1] and US defense officials.
[2] The table below lists reported chemical weapons attacks in the Iraqi Civil War.
[N 1] After around 35 Kurdish soldiers were injured during fighting against Islamic State militants southwest of Erbil in August 2015, samples were taken by OPCW in an investigation directed by the Iraqi government.
In February 2016, a source at the OPCW confirmed that the samples tested positive for mustard gas.
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