Iraqi forces prevent ISIS from obtaining chemical weapons

 

Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Jawad al-Doreky said at the 19th conference of OPCW in Hague that the Iraqi forces had prevented ISIS from obtaining chemical weapons stored in two bunkers north of Baghdad, TASS reports.ISIS controlled the area where the bunkers were located in June. Militants failed to open the facilities with chemical weapons, missiles and equipment were stored. The chemical warehouses costs tens of millions of dollars, engineers are disarming the bunkers.

 

Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Jawad al-Doreky said at the 19th conference of OPCW in The Hague that Iraqi forces had prevented ISIS from obtaining chemical weapons stored in two bunkers north of Baghdad, TASS reports.

ISIS controlled the area where the bunkers were located in June. Militants failed to open the facilities where chemical weapons, missiles and equipment were stored. The chemical warehouses cost tens of millions of dollars, engineers are demining the location of the bunkers.