Ban Ki-Moon to craft sternly worded letter.
Steinmeier challenges UN over Isis gas reports
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Kurds watching the attack on Kobane. Photo: DPA
Published: 24 Oct 2014 09:05 GMT+02:00
Ban agreed to take on the subject after the two spoke on the phone on Thursday night, Foreign Ministry sources told news agency dpa.
Eyewitnesses have reported that gas was used against the inhabitants of Kobane on the Syrian-Turkish border, which has been under siege by the Islamic extremists for weeks.
Many people in the city are suffering from breathing problems and other symptoms of poison gas.
The Washington Post reported that 11 Iraqi policemen involved in a battle with Isis fighters in September were also brought to hospital in the capital Baghdad with similar symptoms and were diagnosed with chlorine gas poisoning.