Editing Cluster munition (section)

===Syria, 2012===
During the [[Syrian civil war|Syrian uprising]], a few videos of cluster bombs first appeared in 2011, but escalated in frequency near the end of 2012.<ref name=hrw2012>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/13/syria-new-evidence-military-dropped-cluster-bombs |title=Syria: New Evidence Military Dropped Cluster Bombs |date=October 13, 2012 |access-date=October 13, 2012 |publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014002437/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/13/syria-new-evidence-military-dropped-cluster-bombs |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=brownmosesoct13/> As Human Rights Watch reported on 13 October 2012, "[[Eliot Higgins]], who blogs on military hardware and tactics used in Syria under the pseudonym 'Brown Moses', compiled a list of the videos showing cluster munition remnants in Syria's various governorates."<ref name=hrw2012/><ref name=brownmosesoct13>{{cite web |url=http://brown-moses.blogspot.se/2012/10/cluster-bomb-usage-rises-significantly.html |title=Cluster Bomb Usage Rises Significantly Across Syria |work=Brown Moses Blog |date=October 13, 2012 |access-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref> The type of bombs have been reported to be [[RBK-250]] cluster bombs with AO-1 SCH bomblets (of Soviet design).<ref name=brownmosesoct13/> Designed by the Soviet Union for use on tank and troop formations, PTAB-2.5M bomblets were used on civilian targets in [[Mare']] in December 2012 by the Syrian government.<ref name=NYT122012>{{cite news|title=Syria Unleashes Cluster Bombs on Town, Punishing Civilians|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/world/middleeast/syria-uses-cluster-bombs-to-attack-as-many-civilians-as-possible.html|access-date=December 21, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|author=C. J. Chivers|date=December 20, 2012}}</ref> According to the seventh annual Cluster Munition Report, there is ″compelling evidence″ that Russia has used cluster munitions during their involvement in Syria.<ref>{{cite news|title=Report Finds Ban Hasn't Halted Use of Cluster Bombs in Syria or Yemen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/world/middleeast/cluster-bombs-syria-yemen.html|access-date=June 12, 2019|newspaper=The New York Times|author=Sewell Chan|date=September 1, 2016}}</ref>