BEIRUT — Human Right Watch on July 12 said Syrian regime forces
appear to be using Soviet-produced cluster bombs against rebel hideouts
in a mountainous region of Hama province.
Two videos posted online on July 10 appear to show unexploded submunitions and a bomb canister in Jabal Shahshabu, northwest of the city of Hama, said the New York-based group.
It quoted a local militant as saying the region has come under constant bombardment from the air and ground over the past two weeks, targeting rebels and their cave hideouts.
“These videos show identifiable cluster bombs and submunitions,” said Steve Goose, arms division director at HRW. “If confirmed, this would be the first documented use of these highly dangerous weapons by the Syrian armed forces during the conflict.”
HRW said its own arms experts and those from from the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining said that one video showed the remnants of a RBK250 series cluster bomb canister.
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Two videos posted online on July 10 appear to show unexploded submunitions and a bomb canister in Jabal Shahshabu, northwest of the city of Hama, said the New York-based group.
It quoted a local militant as saying the region has come under constant bombardment from the air and ground over the past two weeks, targeting rebels and their cave hideouts.
“These videos show identifiable cluster bombs and submunitions,” said Steve Goose, arms division director at HRW. “If confirmed, this would be the first documented use of these highly dangerous weapons by the Syrian armed forces during the conflict.”
HRW said its own arms experts and those from from the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining said that one video showed the remnants of a RBK250 series cluster bomb canister.
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