Chemical security

Daesh Uses Chemical Weapons in Syria With 'Very High' Probability - Moscow

Moscow believes the probability that militants from Daesh (Islamic State) have used chemical weapons in Syria to be “very high,” the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s department for issues on the nonproliferation and control over weapons said Tuesday.

“Several times we have noted facts of the probable use of chemical weapons by IS militants and in a broader sense by Islamic radicals, beginning with the attack in [the Syrian city] of Khan al-Assal in March 2013 against government forces,” Mikhail Ulyanov said.

He said that Moscow has called for investigations into information on the use of chemical elements by Daesh and their possible deliveries from Turkey, to include sarin gas.