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Daesh uses chemical weapons in attack in Iraq Kurdistan region

Tuesday, 25 August 2015 12:15 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 25 August 2015 12:16 AM ]

Displaced Iraqi children, who fled their homes due to attacks by the takfiri ISIL terrorist group, are seen at the Harsham refugee camp where they found shelter, ten kilometres west of Arbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq, on June 22, 2015. (AFP)

Ali Mousavi

Press TV, Makhmour West of Erbil

Iraq’s Kurdish Peshmerga forces say Daesh Takfiri terrorists have once again used chemical weapons against Kurdish fighters. This is the second such attack by the terrorists in one week as they struggle to make advances in northern Iraq. Ali Mousavi gives us more details from Erbil.

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