Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report Thursday calling on the international community to reduce the harmful impacts of incendiary weapons in armed conflicts. The report details the devastating ...

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Thank you Madame Chair. This statement is delivered on behalf of 34 organizations. Incendiary weapons, widely criticized for their cruel effects, remain a matter of grave concern in modern warfare.

Nov. 10 (UPI) --Loopholes in international laws governing the use of incendiary weapons are allegedly allowing warring parties in Ukraine and the Middle East to exploit the use of such weapons without ...

Ukraine’s employment of so-called Dragon drones capable of spewing the incendiary compound thermite on Russian positions appears to be rapidly gaining momentum as more units are releasing videos of ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces have dropped incendiary bombs on populated areas, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, calling on the authorities to stop using a weapon that causes "especially cruel ...

Following the Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack and mass kidnapping of Israeli citizens by Gaza-based Hamas militants, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) began a massive military campaign against the ...

Video footage emerged online on Sept. 2 showing what appeared to be a drone raining down fiery, white-hot metal on unseen soldiers hidden in a treeline. The drone hovers, and slowly, methodically, ...

I am pleased to deliver this joint statement on behalf of 35 civil society organizations. The civilian deaths and devastation caused by the firebombings of Dresden and Tokyo 80 years ago shocked the ...

BEIRUT, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Syrian forces have dropped incendiary bombs on populated areas, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, calling on the authorities to stop using a weapon that causes ...