Syria denies using cluster bombs.

A Syrian man walks past destroyed buildings following shelling by regime forces in Aleppo on Monday, October 15. Click through the gallery to view images of the war-torn country in October. <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/09/world/gallery/syria-unrest-september/index.html' target='_blank'>See photographs from September.</a>

 Syria denied Monday a report that its forces have been using cluster bombs in its civil war.
"The General Command of the Army and the Armed Forces stressed on Monday that the misleading media outlets have recently published untrue news claiming the Syrian Arab Army has been using cluster bombs against terrorists," the government's term for rebels, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
"In a statement, the General Command said the Syrian Army does not possess such bombs, stressing that those news (reports) are untrue and come in the framework of misleading media which is aimed at diverting the public opinion from the practices of the armed terrorist groups against civilians."
The report came a day after the publication of a human rights report that accuses the Syrian air force of using Russian-made cluster bombs.

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