Kurdish authorities in Iraq, confirmed on Saturday, that they have evidence that holds Islamic State militants accountable for using chemical weapons against Peshmerga fighters in Tikrit.
Reports that Islamic State militants used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against the fighters stem from a suicide attack in January in northern Iraq, reports the Associated Press.
In a statement the Kurdistan Region Security Council said the attack took place on a road between Mosul and the Syrian border.
Commenting on the statement, the Kurdish government said, “The fact ISIS relies on such tactics demonstrates it has lost the initiative and is resorting to desperate measures.”
A spokesperson for the White House’s National Security Council, Alistair Baskey, said,“We find such allegations deeply disturbing, and if there are parties engaged in such use, they should be held appropriately accountable.”
Reports that Islamic State militants used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against the fighters stem from a suicide attack in January in northern Iraq, reports the Associated Press.
In a statement the Kurdistan Region Security Council said the attack took place on a road between Mosul and the Syrian border.
Commenting on the statement, the Kurdish government said, “The fact ISIS relies on such tactics demonstrates it has lost the initiative and is resorting to desperate measures.”
A spokesperson for the White House’s National Security Council, Alistair Baskey, said,“We find such allegations deeply disturbing, and if there are parties engaged in such use, they should be held appropriately accountable.”