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IS said to carry out deadly chemical attack on Syrian army
State media says group fired mustard gas rockets at besieged Deir el-Zour military airport; casualties unknown
By AFP April 5, 2016, 2:03 pm
The Islamic State group mounted a deadly gas attack against Syrian troops at a besieged eastern airbase, state news agency SANA said, the latest report of the jihadists’s use of chemical weapons.A did not say precisely how many soldiers had been killed in the attack on the government-controlled airbase outside the divided eastern city of Deir el-Zour.
“Daesh (IS) terrorists attacked Deir el-Zour military airport with rockets carrying mustard gas, causing some people to suffocate,” it reported late Monday.
The reports are the latest in a string of suspected mustard gas attacks by the jihadists in Syria and neighboring Iraq.On March 9, a suspected IS gas attack on the Iraqi town of Taza, south of Kirkuk, killed three children and wounded some 1,500 people, with injuries ranging from burns to rashes and respiratory problems.
While the chemical agents allegedly used by IS so far have been among their least effective weapons, the psychological impact on civilians is considerable.A total of 25,000 people fled their homes in and around Taza last month, fearing another attack.IS has been battling to capture Deir el-Zour airbase since 2014. It provides the only supply route other than air drops to the government-held sector of the city, where more than 200,000 civilians are living under IS siege.
On Monday, an IS bombardment of two government-held districts of the city killed seven civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Two suicide bombers also blew themselves up in the village of Jafra near the airbase, the Britain-based monitoring group said.
IS said to carry out deadly chemical attack on Syrian army
Yet we are suppose to believe Assad did this attack, I don't believe it for a moment. Trump acted in haste and the GOP now want to go to war and take him out and take care of Iran. The GOP refused Obama to strike in 2013, but now they are so sure and want a war. The news are not doing their homework.
They treat it as a given that Assad did it. They don't even know if it was Saran Gas or what, just pictures. Why are we not investigating??
State media says group fired mustard gas rockets at besieged Deir el-Zour military airport; casualties unknown
By AFP April 5, 2016, 2:03 pm
The Islamic State group mounted a deadly gas attack against Syrian troops at a besieged eastern airbase, state news agency SANA said, the latest report of the jihadists’s use of chemical weapons.A did not say precisely how many soldiers had been killed in the attack on the government-controlled airbase outside the divided eastern city of Deir el-Zour.
“Daesh (IS) terrorists attacked Deir el-Zour military airport with rockets carrying mustard gas, causing some people to suffocate,” it reported late Monday.
The reports are the latest in a string of suspected mustard gas attacks by the jihadists in Syria and neighboring Iraq.On March 9, a suspected IS gas attack on the Iraqi town of Taza, south of Kirkuk, killed three children and wounded some 1,500 people, with injuries ranging from burns to rashes and respiratory problems.
While the chemical agents allegedly used by IS so far have been among their least effective weapons, the psychological impact on civilians is considerable.A total of 25,000 people fled their homes in and around Taza last month, fearing another attack.IS has been battling to capture Deir el-Zour airbase since 2014. It provides the only supply route other than air drops to the government-held sector of the city, where more than 200,000 civilians are living under IS siege.
On Monday, an IS bombardment of two government-held districts of the city killed seven civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Two suicide bombers also blew themselves up in the village of Jafra near the airbase, the Britain-based monitoring group said.
IS said to carry out deadly chemical attack on Syrian army
Yet we are suppose to believe Assad did this attack, I don't believe it for a moment. Trump acted in haste and the GOP now want to go to war and take him out and take care of Iran. The GOP refused Obama to strike in 2013, but now they are so sure and want a war. The news are not doing their homework.
They treat it as a given that Assad did it. They don't even know if it was Saran Gas or what, just pictures. Why are we not investigating??