Human Rights Abuses Across Syrian Borders

The Takeaway

According to new reports from Human Rights Watch, Syria is laying landmines across its borders with Lebanon and Turkey. Steve Goose, arms division director for Human Rights Watch, called the use of these weapons “unconscionable,” going on to say that “there is absolutely no justification for the use of these indiscriminate weapons by any country, anywhere, for any purpose.” What implications will these weapons have on the estimated 200,000 refugees still within Syrian borders? Michael Wahid Hanna  is a fellow at The Century Foundation.

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