(MENAFN) the US military has confirmed that a rocket launched by Islamic State militants at American troops based in Iraq did contain a mustard agent.
No-one was hurt in Tuesday's attack on the Qayyarah air base near the IS stronghold of Mosul.
Marine Gen Joseph Dunford, chairman of US joint chiefs of staff, said the group's capability to deliver chemical weapons was rudimentary.
But the attack, he added, was a "concerning development"
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