IS carried out one chemical weapons attack in Syria this year, while all other recorded allegations of chemical agent use were in Iraq, including nine inside Mosul and one in Diyala province, the report found.
Iraqi forces on Tuesday reported progress in the USA -backed campaign to dislodge Islamic State from Mosul, announcing the capture of a district just north the city's historic centre.
In the month of March, U.S. -led coalition airstrikes resulted in 110 separate incidents of reported civilian casualties, allegedly killing more than 1,200 people, according to Airwars, an organization tracking airstrikes.
The Islamic State has repeatedly used low-grade chemical weapons like chlorine, sulfur, and mustard gas in Syria and Iraq.
"This suggests that the group has not established any further chemical weapons production sites outside Mosul, although it is likely that some specialists were evacuated to Syria and retain the expertise".
With the loss of the Zanjili neighbourhood, the enclave still held by Islamic State in the northern Iraqi city has shrunk to two districts along the western banks of the Tigris river - the densely populated Old City centre and the Medical City.
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USA military forces highlight successes, but civilian death toll from American airstrikes in Iraq and Syria is at an all time high since the launch of an global military campaign against the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014, according to monitoring groups.
As the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) continues to lose territory in Iraq and Syria, its chemical weapons capabilities this year have been severely reduced, according to new analysis. It could use such agents to enhance the psychological impact of suicide auto bombings in urban areas or in terrorist attacks overseas.
The US announced sanctions Monday on two ISIS chemical weapons experts, the first such effort aimed specifically at the terrorist group's chemical weapons leadership.
The intelligence was so good that it also included the detonation method for the bombs, the Times said, citing two USA officials familiar with the operation.
Israel's contribution to the intelligence on the laptop bombs became public after President Donald Trump revealed details of the plot to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a May 10 White House meeting.
A stockpile of specially equipped rocket-propelled grenades was recently discovered by Iraqi troops fighting in Mosul, representing a new chemical weapons delivery mechanism according to one United States official.
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