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StoryTK02__Turkey > Syria > Iraq__ On numerous occasions, Conflict Armament Research (CAR) has discovered Turkish weapons, ammunition, and explosive materials among ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria. The organization also believes that most of the chemicals that ISIS uses to make explosives are purchased on the civilian market in Turkey.
StoryTK03__Bulgaria > Serbia > Burundi > Iraq__ Iraqi authorities recovered Bulgarian-made rockets from ISIS forces on two separate occasions. Both appeared to be a part of a shipment that passed through Serbia and Burundi before arriving in Iraq. (Bulgarian weapons purchased by Saudi Arabia have also been smuggled into Syria, most likely through Jordan.)
StoryTK04__China > South Sudan > Syria__ Chinese-manufactured rifles popular among rebels in South Sudan were recovered from ISIS during the siege of Kobani, Syria, which began in September 2014 and ended in January 2015.
StoryTK05__Belgium > Libya > Syria__ Belgian-manufactured ammunition that was originally sold to Gadhafi's Libya in the 1980s has reemerged decades later in ISIS strongholds.
StoryTK06__Romania > US > Iraq__ CAR has tracked numerous shipments of Romanian rockets that were sold to the US and later recovered from ISIS forces. (Spleeters says CAR is not sure whether these shipments were ever physically delivered to the US or if they were sent directly elsewhere.)
