The Islamic States terror group used chemical weapons in multiple attacks in both Iraq and Syria, U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats said in a statement to Congress.
“We assess that ISIS [Islamic State] is also using chemicals as a means of warfare.
Coats also said the U.S. assessment shows that the Syrian government has not declared all chemical weapons elements and is capable of carrying out attacks in the future, adding that Damascus “used the nerve agent sarin in an attack against the opposition in Khan Shaykhun on April 4, 2017.”
“The OPCW-UN mechanism has attributed the April 4, 2017 sarin attack and three chlorine attacks in 2014 and 2015 to the Syrian regime.
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