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ISIS bombs army troops, civilians with missiles carrying chlorine

 ISIS bombs army troops, civilians with missiles carrying chlorine

Commander of Nineveh Operations, Maj. Gen. Abdullah al-Jubouri

Commander of Nineveh Operations, Maj. Gen. Abdullah al-Jubouri
Maj. Gen. Abdullah al-Jubouri. File Photo

(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Commander of Nineveh Operations, Maj. Gen. Abdullah al-Jubouri announced on Monday that ISIS bombed military forces and civilians with missiles carrying chlorine gas south of the province.

Jubouri, in a press statement, said, “ISIS today bombed our units in Al-Owisja village, situated to the east of Qayyarah, 65 km south of Nineveh. The bombing was carried out by homemade rockets loaded with chlorine gases. The villages that were targeted included civilians.”

Jubouri added that, “The attack did not injure any senior official of the military or any civilians. ISIS has targeted civilians with chlorine gas more than once.”

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