MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that a joint Russian-Syrian operation has been using incendiary weapons in civilian areas of the country, including in attacks on rebel-held areas of the cities of Aleppo and Idlib on August 7.
"There are no air ammunition with incendiary substances such as napalm in Russia. Of the incendiary weapons in service in the Russian army, there are only flamethrowers, but, firstly, they are applied locally, and strictly aimed, and secondly, there is no such equipment in Syria. This non-governmental organization is simply included in the system of the information war and discreditation of Russia and the Syrian regime," Ivashov told RIA Novosti in an interview.
In December 2015, Human Rights Watch said in a report that Moscow and Damascus had used cluster munitions, which are internationally banned, in the fight against militants in Syria. Kremlin subsequently denied the allegations.
