Explosive weapons in Syria

SUMMARY: The conflict in Syria has been particularly devastating. Over the last eight years, the use of explosive weapons there, from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and barrel-bombs, to cluster munitions and bunker-busting missiles, has – according to data collected by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) – caused at least 79,000 casualties, of which at least 85% (67,000) were civilians.