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Syria tops 2025 cluster munition casualties
The 2026 Landmine and Submunitions Observatory report highlights that Syria recorded the highest number of casualties and injuries caused by submunition remnants in 2025, with 68 victims out of 117 cases worldwide. This is despite no new use of such munitions being documented since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime at the end of 2024. The report emphasizes that landmine remnants continue to pose a significant threat to civilians, as clearance operations persist, with 547 unexploded ordnance and 95 minefields destroyed between October and December. It also notes that the use of submunitions was carried out by former Syrian regime forces, the Russians, and ISIS. Although there have been no reports of their use in Syria since late 2024, the damage they caused remains, along with a lack of rehabilitation and care services for the victims. Syria has yet to join the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. The report urges the Syrian government to take official steps to join the treaty to prevent the recurrence of their use or production.
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