Editing Chlorine (section)

==== Middle east ====
{{Main|Chlorine bombings in Iraq|Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War}}

Chlorine gas was also used during the [[Iraq War in Anbar Province]] in 2007, with insurgents packing [[truck bomb]]s with [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]] shells and chlorine tanks. The attacks killed two people from the explosives and sickened more than 350. Most of the deaths were caused by the force of the explosions rather than the effects of chlorine since the toxic gas is readily dispersed and diluted in the atmosphere by the blast. In some bombings, over a hundred civilians were hospitalized due to breathing difficulties. The Iraqi authorities tightened security for elemental chlorine, which is essential for providing safe drinking water to the population.<ref name="cnnchlorine">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/17/iraq.main/index.html|last=Mahdi|first=Basim|publisher=CNN|date=2007-03-17|access-date=2007-03-17|title=Iraq gas attack makes hundreds ill|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317201051/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/17/iraq.main/index.html|archive-date=2007-03-17}}</ref><ref name="Chlorine bomb BBC">{{cite news|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6660585.stm|work = BBC News|date = 2007-05-17|access-date = 2007-05-17|title = 'Chlorine bomb' hits Iraq village|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070526010713/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6660585.stm|archive-date = 2007-05-26}}</ref>

On 23 October 2014, it was reported that the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] had used chlorine gas in the town of Duluiyah, [[Iraq]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamic-state-militants-allegedly-used-chlorine-gas-against-iraqi-security-forces/2014/10/23/c865c943-1c93-4ac0-a7ed-033218f15cbb_story.html|title=Islamic State militants allegedly used chlorine gas against Iraqi security forces|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Loveday|last=Morris|date=2014-10-23|access-date=2021-06-08|archive-date=2021-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219012039/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamic-state-militants-allegedly-used-chlorine-gas-against-iraqi-security-forces/2014/10/23/c865c943-1c93-4ac0-a7ed-033218f15cbb_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Laboratory analysis of clothing and soil samples confirmed the use of chlorine gas against Kurdish [[Peshmerga]] Forces in a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack on 23 January 2015 at the Highway 47 Kiske Junction near Mosul.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dropbox.com/s/efilp3g8mxwiev4/Lab-Report-Kisic-Junction-Chlorine.pdf?dl=0|title=Lab report on chlorine gas usage|publisher=Kurdistan Region Security Council|date=March 14, 2015|access-date=March 24, 2015|archive-date=December 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230134053/https://www.dropbox.com/s/efilp3g8mxwiev4/Lab-Report-Kisic-Junction-Chlorine.pdf?dl=0|url-status=live}}</ref>

Another country in the middle east, [[Syria]], has used chlorine as a [[chemical weapon]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/world/middleeast/syrian-chlorine-bombs-aleppo-human-rights-watch.html?_r=0 |title=Syria Used Chlorine Bombs Systematically in Aleppo, Report Says |access-date=2017-05-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515042507/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/world/middleeast/syrian-chlorine-bombs-aleppo-human-rights-watch.html?_r=0 |archive-date=2017-05-15 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2017-02-13 |last1=Gladstone |first1=Rick }}</ref> delivered from [[barrel bomb]]s and rockets.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37291182 |title=Syrian forces 'drop chlorine' on Aleppo |access-date=2017-05-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513191745/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37291182 |archive-date=2017-05-13 |work=BBC News |date=2016-09-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/ignoring-un-russia-and-assad-continue-syrian-chemical-weapons-and-bombing-attacks-labeled-war-crimes |title=Ignoring UN, Russia and Assad continue Syrian chemical weapons and bombing attacks labeled war crimes |website=[[Fox News]] |access-date=2017-05-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425092749/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/03/06/ignoring-un-russia-and-assad-continue-syrian-chemical-weapons-and-bombing-attacks-labeled-war-crimes.html |archive-date=2017-04-25 |date=2017-03-06 }}</ref> In 2016, the [[OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism]] concluded that the Syrian government used chlorine as a chemical weapon in three separate attacks.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-opcw-timeline-idUSKBN1HG1M7 "Timeline of investigations into Syria's chemical weapons"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218003739/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-opcw-timeline-idUSKBN1HG1M7 |date=2021-12-18 }}. Reuters. April 9, 2018.</ref> Later investigations from the OPCW's Investigation and Identification Team concluded that the [[Syrian Air Force]] was responsible for chlorine attacks in 2017 and 2018.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56721409 "Syrian air force behind 2018 chlorine attack on Saraqeb, OPCW finds"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218003753/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56721409 |date=2021-12-18 }} BBC News. April 12, 2021.</ref>