Cluster Munitions Remnants are an Open-Ended Threat to the Lives of Syria’s Future Generations

Fadel Abdul Ghany, Executive Director of SNHR, says: “Every cluster munitions attack means that dozens or maybe hundreds of remnants, as high a proportion as 40 percent of the original quantity of submunitions deployed, did not explode, leaving them as lethal miniature landmines that can claim the lives of the residents of the area targeted. One of the reasons that compelled us to release this comprehensive report is the fact we have been regularly documenting new deaths and injuries from cluster munitions remnants. This also impelled us to design maps that illustrate the locations where cluster munitions were dispersed as a way to warn the residents when moving or cultivating land in those areas, and for the controlling forces to mark those areas and put them out of bounds, while making a serious effort to remove these lethal weapons.”