Islamic State used poison gas in northeast Syria: Kurds, monitor

[Valin]

Reuters:

BEIRUT | By Tom Perry

July 17 2015

 

The Islamic State group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday.

 

Two UK-based organizations investigating the attack said they had confirmed Islamic State's use of chemical weapons against Kurdish forces and civilian targets in Syria and Iraq, where they said chemical agents were also used in an attack on an Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga position on June 21 or 22.

 

Kurdish forces are playing a vital role in the fight against Islamic State in both Syria and Iraq. The ultra-radical group has seized wide areas of both countries, declaring them part of a cross-border "caliphate" claiming to rule all Muslims.

 

The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said Islamic State had fired "makeshift chemical projectiles" on June 28 at a YPG-controlled area of the city of Hasaka, and at YPG positions south of the town of Tel Brak to the northeast of Hasaka city.

 

It was the first Islamic State attack of its kind against the YPG, said Redur Xelil, spokesman for the militia.

 

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[Geee]

This can't be true. They know if they cross O's "red line" they would suffer consequences, so I am sure they are towing the line.

 

Edited to add: I am sure that Iran knows that he will be very harsh with any violations also - ya right!!!