I don’t remember seeing anything from the USG quite like this excerpt from an IC Analytic Ombsman January 2021 letter :

The UNSCR 1973-established POE on Libya issued its final report on March 8. The report includes an interesting detail about Sudanese recruits who underwent military training in the UAE. “The Panel notes that this included chemical defence training,” the report explains.

Obviously from Protect and Survive:

The 1982 Reagan Administration NSDD on the U.S. CBW Arms Control Policy about which I blogged the other day contains this language about BW:

Here is a 1982 Reagan Administration NSDD on the U.S. CBW Arms Control Policy.

This is the CW part:

Not long ago, DRDO published this paper titled. “Anti-Satellite Missile.”

It contains a handy list of DRDO-developed surface-to-surface missiles:

It also includes some photos:

Protect and Survive never gets old.

On May 10, the UNSC held a debate concerning the report about which I recently wrote. I think this is some additional information from Karim Asad Ahmad Khan, Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD):

Information obtained from ISIL electronic devices has also led to the opening of a new investigation into the development and successful deployment of chemical and biological weapons by ISIL in Iraq, he said.  Evidence collected to date details how ISIL used laboratories at Mosul University as the epicentre of its chemical weapons programme, drawing on the expertise of scientists and medical professionals from Iraq and abroad.  Initially weaponizing chlorine from water treatment plants overtaken in 2014, ISIL subsequently developed toxic lethal compounds including thallium and nicotine that were tested on live prisoners, leading to death.  As its capacity strengthened, it developed a sulfur mustard production system that was deployed in March 2016 through the firing of 40 rockets at the Turkmen Shia town of Taza Khurmatu.

On May 1, Karim Asad Ahmad Khan, Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, submitted a report to the UNSC. Part of it includes information about CW use by ISIL in Iraq:

A new investigation into the development and use of chemical and biological weapons by ISIL in Iraq has developed rapidly. Through the collection of a diverse range of evidence, the Team has confirmed the repeated deployment of chemical weapons by ISIL against civilian populations in Iraq between 2014 and 2016, as well as the testing of biological agents on prisoners.

I may be forgetting something, but I don’t recall seeing that last claim made anywhere by an official organization.

 There’s more:

31. The Team opened an investigation into the alleged development and use of chemical and biological weapons by ISIL. Initial work has been focused on lines of enquiry associated with the attack against Tazah Khurmatu, the ISIL takeover of the University of Mosul and its subsequent repurposing in support of a weapons development programme, and the attack against the Mishraq sulfur field and processing facility. Alleged attacks reportedly resulted in civilian deaths and injuries, including by asphyxiation and other chemical and biological weapons-related symptoms, affecting minority communities in particular. Evidence already secured indicates that ISIL tested biological and chemical agents and conducted experiments on prisoners as part of this programme, causing death. Weaponized vesicants, nerve agents and toxic industrial compounds are suspected to have been considered under the programme. 

32. To date, the Team has collected and analysed information and evidence emanating from battlefield records, detainee testimonies, victim accounts, satellite imagery, remote sensing techniques and video analysis. Aspects related to materials procurement and logistics, physical infrastructure, leadership and expertise are also being analysed. 

33. With this material, the Team has been able to identify repeated successful deployments of chemical weapons by ISIL against civilian populations between 2014 and 2016. Investigations into the successful development and use by ISIL of an indigenous chemical weapons capability may represent an unprecedented moment for accountability in modern conflict with respect to non-State actors.

From this FArs News tweet:

Iran Started Injecting Gas into Next-Generation Centrifuges at Natanz Nuclear Facility in A Ceremony Attended by President Hassan Rouhani Through Videoconferencing

I lack the confidence to ID the precise centrifuges, but the tweet includes this photo: