ISIS have fired rockets containing the choking agent chlorine at Kurdish forces in its latest chemical attack in Iraq. Iraqi authorities are looking into another suspected chemical attack by ISIS in northwestern Iraq this week. Daily Express reports: Dozens of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and civilians were treated for nausea and vomiting after homemade rockets, were fired at them in the Sinjar. The missiles appeared to contain the chemical substance and US-led coalition is helping with the investigation, the Kurdistan Region Security Council said. It’s believed the substance was chlorine, a choking agent which was first used as a chemical weapon during the First World War. It is banned under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention. The Kurds have previously said they have evidence that ISIS has used chlorine on a number of occasions, as well as mustard gas. The Security Council said: “If confirmed this will be eighth ISIS weaponised chemical attack against Peshmerga. “ISIS tactics continue to become more sophisticated.” Chlorine, used in small doses to keep swimming pools and toilets sanitary, can be extremely toxic in high concentrations. Chlorine gas can blind victims and cause suffocation as the chemical attacks the lungs. A Source at the Organisation for the [...]