Chemical security

Turkey Supplied Sarin Gas To ISIS, claims Turkish MP

Materials to produce deadly sarin gas arrived in ISIS camps in Syria after originating in Turkey, claims Turkish MP Eren Erdem. Sarin gas was used in several instances during the fighting in Damascus in 2013.

Erdem, am member of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), levelled his charges during a parliamentary session, and cited evidence from an abruptly-closed criminal case, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Erdem presented as evidence a copy of the criminal case from the General Prosecutor’s Office in city of Adana in southern Turkey. According to the evidence, Erdem said, Turkish nationals were directly supplying the gas to ISIS and other terrorist groups in Syria.