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US Department of State Spokesman John Kirby has said he will refrain from talking about internal matters in Turkey, which will hold a snap election on November. 1, but pointed out that the US in general stands for “inclusiveness and representative government, fair and free,...

But unlike chorine, which has a half-life of a few minutes, mustard gas is a persistent agent, Hamish de Bretton Gordon, a chemical and biological weapons expert told The Daily Star, meaning that it can remain in the buildings and in the ground for months or even years.

Islamic State (IS) militants destroyed Palmyra’s 2,000-year-old Baalshamin temple on Sunday, triggering concern for the fate of one of the world’s richest archaeological sites.

Two Turkish troops died Monday and a policeman was killed in new attacks blamed on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in the country’s southeast, the army and officials said.

Erdogan is expected to meet the speaker of parliament on Monday to prepare for the next stages, including the formation of a temporary government to carry the country over until the election.

The Islamic State (IS) militants blew up an ancient temple in Syria’s millennia-old oasis city of Palmyra, a monitor group reported Sunday.

Islamic State militants on Sunday blew up the traditional temple of Baal Shamin in the UNESCO-listed Syrian metropolis of Palmyra, an official stated, the newest in a collection of cultural relics to be destroyed by the jihadist group.

Addressing locally-elected heads of Turkish villages and neighborhoods at the Presidential Palace in the capital Ankara Wednesday, Erdogan said: “Unfortunately, Turkey could not meet a new government because no results were obtained in the [coalition] talks”.

Human remains at an open grave inside the destroyed Saint Eliane Monastery.

Sulfur mustard is a Class 1 chemical agent, which means it has few uses outside chemical warfare. Gen. Kevin J. Killea, chief of staff, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve.

The Islamic State militia may have used mustard gas against opponents in northern Iraq, the US military said Friday, citing a field test that showed the presence of the chemical.

The U.S. on Wednesday launched its first airstrikes by Turkey-based F-16 fighter jets against Islamic State targets in Syria, marking a limited escalation of a yearlong air campaign that critics have called excessively cautious.

The Abbott government will spend at least a week considering whether Australia should join the fight against Islamic State in Syria.

In June, Islamic State did blow up two ancient shrines in Palmyra that were not part of its Roman-era structures but which the militants regarded as pagan and sacrilegious.

According to Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Australia will take at least a couple of weeks to respond to the “serious request”.