Iraq/Kurdistan: Sulfur Dioxide Plume Moving Across Iraq, Satellite Images Show

Oct 27, 2016 | Elizabeth McLaughlin, ABC News
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New images released by NASA show a dangerous sulfur plume moving across northern Iraq in the wake of the battle to retake Mosul. As the Iraq military announced its operation to capture Mosul, which has been under ISIS control for over two years, ISIS set fire to the Al-Mishraq sulfur plant and Qayyarah oil field south of the city in an effort to provide cover from coalition airstrikes.