Iraqi Official: ISIS Deployed Drones with Chemical Gas in Mosul

The ISIL militants deployed drones strapped with explosives, long-range artillery shells “filled with chlorine and mustard gas and highly effective snipers”, a top Iraqi Kurdish security official said.

The Chief of Security in Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, said that ISIL has deployed several of these drones since the Peshmerga forces and Iraqi Army troops launched a battle to retake Mosul on 17 October, ARA News reported.

According to Barzani, the next phase of the Mosul operation may be harder as ISIL is expected to show fiercer resistance to protect its main positions inside the city.

“The fight against ISIL is going to be a long fight,” the KRG official said.
 [farsnews.com]
 7/11/16