US-Led Coalition Bombs Islamic State Chemical Weapons Plant in Iraq

The US-led coalition against Daesh has destroyed chemical weapons plant in Iraq used by the terrorist group, according to US Air Force Central Command commander Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US-led coalition against Daesh has destroyed chemical weapons plant in Iraq used by the terrorist group, US Air Force Central Command commander Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian said in a press briefing.

"A strike we just executed the other night on a Daesh headquarters also used as a weapons production facility," Harrigan stated on Tuesday. "Intelligence had indicated that Daesh converted a pharmaceutical plant complex into a chemical weapons productions capability."

The commander noted that the production of chemical weapons underscores Daesh's "blatant disregard for international law and norms."

In August, the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) released the results of a joint probe into chemical weapons attacks in Syria in 2014 and 2015.

The report said the Syrian government was allegedly involved in two attacks and the Daesh terrorist group, which is outlawed in Russia, in one.

The US-led coalition of more than 60 nations has been carrying out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria since the summer of 2014. The coalition acts in Syria without a permission by the legitimate government of Bashar Assad or the UN Security Council.