Kurds: IS Militants Hit Northern Iraq With Chemical Weapons

Kurdish officials are working with the U.S.-led coalition to verify if Islamic State militants hit Kurdish peshmerga fighters with chemical weapons in the northern area of Sinjar. Dozens of peshmerga as well as civilians reported suffering from nausea and vomiting after homemade IS rockets hit the area. The Kurdistan Region Security Council said on its Twitter feed that it was investigating the February 25 attack. If confirmed, according to the Kurdish authority it would be the...

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