MESOP TODAYS FLASH : Russia’s foreign ministry: ‘Islamic State has access to chemical weapons’

By: Zuzana Pokrievkova – 04 September 4, 2015 – Islamic State now has access to scientific technical documents on the production of chemical weapons, according to Maria Zakharova, an official representative of Russia’s foreign ministry. She warned IS fighters’ use of chemical weapons will spread to a large-scale and cross-border level. As reported by Pravda.Ru, IS seized chemical enterprises and is engaging foreign specialists in the development of the chemical warfare agents.

According to Zakharova, there is a threat of the extension of their terror activity beyond the territories of Syria and Iraq, as well as the entire region of the Middle East. According to international media reports, IS used chemical weapons, specifically a mustard agent, against Kurds in Iraq last month. http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/content/russia%E2%80%99s-foreign-ministry-isis-has-access-chemical-weapons