Pulse logo
Pulse Region

Kurds say blood tests show IS used mustard agent against fighters in Iraq

<strong>Islamic State</strong> fighters fired mortar rounds containing mustard agent at Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern <strong>Iraq </strong>during clashes in August, the Ministry of <strong>Peshmerga Affairs</strong> said on Wednesday.
Kurds say blood tests show IS used mustard agent against fighters in Iraq
Kurds say blood tests show IS used mustard agent against fighters in Iraq

Blood samples taken from the approximately 35 Kurdish fighters who were exposed in the attack southwest of the regional capital Erbil, along with an examination of injuries, showed "signatures of sulfur mustard", the body which oversees the Kurdish armed forces in northern Iraq said in a statement.

Next Article