[nL5N1GG35R}The United States has warned that Islamic State could use weapons containing sulfur mustard agents to repel the offensive on the northern Iraqi city. Iraqi forces captured the eastern side of Mosul in January after 100 days of fighting and launched their attack on the districts that lie west of the Tigris river on Feb. 19. The battle for Mosul has killed and wounded several thousand people since it started on Oct. 17, according to aid agencies. "Of course the military fighting is intensifying by the day," Bastien Vigneau, the emergency director for Mosul operations at the UN children's agency UNICEF, told the briefing. "Aren't they supposed to be fighting Daesh (Islamic State)?

Source: bd News24 March 03, 2017 16:41 UTC