A government watchdog has warned that there are “extremely worrying” signs that ISIS might be developing chemical weapons of its own. Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Uzumcu said that ISIS may already be using such weapons in Iraq and Syria. Presstv.com reports: Uzumcu said fact-finding teams from The Hague-based watchdog have discovered evidence that suggest the use of sulfur mustard in attacks in the two crisis-hit Arab countries. “Although they could not attribute this to Daesh… there are strong suspicions that they may have used” chemical weapons, Uzumcu said. “Secondly, the suspicions are that they may have produced it themselves, which is extremely worrying,” he pointed out. “It proves that they have the technology, know-how and also access to the materials which might be used for the production of chemical weapons,” Uzumcu said on the sidelines of a three-day conference in the Hague. The OPCW director general also called for vigilance to prevent potential chemical attacks outside Syria and Iraq. “The international community should be very vigilant to such threats and cooperate further to prevent such attacks from occurring elsewhere,” he said. On April 7, 23 people were killed and over 100 others injured in a [...]