Half of global casualties from cluster bomb were in Syria in 2020, report reveals

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Over half of all worldwide casualties caused by cluster bombs in 2020 were in Syria, a new report has revealed. According to the*publication*released by the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) last week, cluster bomb casualties in Syria resulted in a staggering 52 per cent of all similar casualties around the world last year, with 44 per cent of those Syrian injured being children. The report, which monitors the use of cluster weapons globally, stated: "Syria is the only country to have experienced continued use of these weapons since 2012…causing immense human suffering both directly from attacks and from explosive remnants left behind." Throughout the ongoing decade-long Syrian civil war, the regime of Bashar Al-Assad has used cluster bombs against opposition forces […]

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