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No Evidence of Chemical Weapons Use in Iraq’s Mosul - Iraqi Ambassador to UN

© AFP 2023 / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE Smoke billowing from buildings in Hammam al-Alil area south of Mosul
Smoke billowing from buildings in Hammam al-Alil area south of Mosul - Sputnik International
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Iraq’s Ambassador to the United Nations Ali Al Hakim said that Iraq did not have any evidence that Daesh terrorists used chemical weapons in the city of Mosul.

Iraqi government forces supported by fighters from the Abbas Brigade, which fight under the umbrella of the Shiite popular mobilisation units, advance in village of Badush, some 15 kilometres northwest of Mosul, during the ongoing battle to retake the city's west from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on March 8, 2017 - Sputnik International
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — Iraq does not have any evidence that Daesh terrorists used chemical weapons in the city of Mosul, Iraq’s Ambassador to the United Nations Ali Al Hakim told reporters on Friday.

"I’ve talked to the capital at 12 today, there is really no evidence that Daesh has used chemical weapons," Al Hakim said.

He said the government was in communication with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which had offered its assistance.

On March 3, media reported that chemical weapons had been used during a fight between the Islamic State militants and Iraqi troops in East Mosul.

Following the reports, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said 12 patients were referred to hospital showing symptoms consistent with exposure to a toxic chemical agent. The number has since risen to 15.

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