Iran, Israel and cluster munitions
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Hezbollah prepares guerrilla warfare tactics in south Lebanon as Israel launches airstrikes against Beirut strongholds, with expert predicting Israeli ground invasion.
The Israeli military said the weapons had been launched multiple times since the war began, describing their use against populated areas as a potential violation of international humanitarian law.
The Cluster Munitions Coalition released its annual report on Monday detailing the use and transfer of these munitions alongside the policies and practices of countries regarding their use, and their implications on the international treaty banning cluster ...
It is extremely rare for countries to walk away from longstanding commitments under International Humanitarian Law (IHL), but Lithuania has become the first State Party to vote to leave the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. In doing so Lithuania is ...
A cluster bomb and its bomblets on display in Germany in 2009. (John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images) The recent geopolitical landscape, marked by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and return of great power competition, necessitates a reevaluation of NATO ...
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Countries that are not party to the treaty banning cluster munitions, including Russia and Ukraine, continued to use cluster munitions in 2024 and 2025, and Lithuania became the first country ever to withdraw from the treaty. Although the number of annual ...
The remains of a Russian missile that dropped cluster bombs in a residential housing complex is lodged in the ground near the complex on June 27, 2022, in Sloviansk, Ukraine. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) The Defense News opinion piece of 10 Aug. by ...