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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/world/middleeast/isis-chemical-weapons-syria-iraq-mosul.html?_r=0
ISIS Used Chemical Arms 52 Times in Syria and Iraq
(New York Times) Eric Schmitt - The Islamic State has used chemical weapons, including chlorine and sulfur mustard agents, at least 52 times in Syria and Iraq since 2014, according to a new analysis by the London-based IHS Conflict Monitor. "As the Islamic State loses ground around Mosul, there is a high risk of the group using chemical weapons to slow down and demoralize advancing enemy forces," said Columb Strack, the head of IHS Conflict Monitor. "Mosul was at the center of the Islamic State's chemical weapons production, but most of the equipment and experts were probably evacuated to Syria in the weeks and months leading up to the Mosul offensive."