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  • Syria: Widespread Use of Incendiary Weapons

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    (Geneva, November 11, 2013) – Syria should immediately stop using incendiary weapons, Human Rights Watch said today in a report which documents at least 56 attacks using the weapons since November 2012. Human Rights Watch will present its concerns at the annual meeting of the Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva this week.
    The 20-page memorandum on Syria’s use of incendiary weapons is based on field research and other documentation. It includes a video and a map of the attack sites. Incendiary weapons produce heat and fire through the chemical reaction of a flammable substance. These weapons cause extremely painful burns that are difficult to treat, and also start fires that destroy objects and infrastructure
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