Report: IS May Have Used Chemical Agents on Kurds

Kurdish fighters and weapons experts say the Islamic State militant group has fired chemical weapons on Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq. Two Britain-based organizations investigating the attacks have released a joint statement saying Islamic State militants targeted Iraqi Kurdish fighters with a chemical agent on June 21 or 22. A statement also described a similar attack on Kurdish positions in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on June 28. Investigators said projectiles...

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