{"id":111476,"date":"2024-02-23T10:10:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=111476"},"modified":"2024-02-23T10:10:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:10:52","slug":"isis-units-commit-chemical-attack-in-syrian-town-in-2015-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/111476\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS units commit chemical attack in Syrian town in 2015 \u2013 Watchdog\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) identified on Thursday that the Islamic State (ISIS) committed the chemical attack on Sep. 1, 2015 in the town of Marea in northwest Syria. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its fourth report, the OPCW&#8217;s Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) concluded that there are reasonable grounds to believe that units of ISIS were the perpetrators of the chemical weapons attack on Sep. 1, 2015 in Marea, Aleppo Governorate. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There are&nbsp;reasonable grounds to believe&nbsp;that on 1 September 2015, during sustained attacks aimed at capturing the town of Marea, units of the&nbsp;Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)&nbsp;deployed sulfur mustard,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opcw.org\/media-centre\/news\/2024\/02\/opcw-identifies-isil-perpetrators-2015-chemical-attack-marea-syria\">report<\/a> read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IIT said that at least&nbsp;six projectiles&nbsp;leaked a&nbsp;black, viscous substance&nbsp;with a distinct&nbsp;\u201cpungent\u201d&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u201cgarlic-like\u201d smell. And 11 individuals&nbsp;who came into contact with the liquid substance experienced symptoms consistent with&nbsp;exposure to sulfur mustard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in 2018, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opcw.org\/iit\">IIT<\/a> is tasked to identify the perpetrators of specific instances of chemical weapons use in Syria. 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