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Government forces were deployed Tuesday morning in Soueida. In addition, Twenty-one Civilians Druzes were “executed”, according to the OSDH.
The body of a member of the Syrian security forces lies in a damaged pick-up after an Israeli strike in Soueida. However, on July 15, 2025.
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An NGO on Tuesday accused government forces of having executed about twenty Druzes civilians after their deployment in the city of Soueida. Moreover, in southern Syria, where terrorized inhabitants have testified to many abuses.
Syrian forces were deployed Tuesday morning in this city hitherto held by local Druze fighters. Similarly, in a clear will of the Islamist power to extend its authority after violence between Druzes and Bedouins groups which have left more than a hundred people since Sunday.
Israel. Therefore, a neighboring country which claims to want to defend the Druze community, the majority in this city syrian forces accused having executed of around 150,000 inhabitants, bombed government forces after their entry into Soueida. In addition, Syria has denounced these strikes.
The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH) said that 21 civilians Druzes had been “executed” by government forces. Moreover, including twelve people killed after the “assault” of a city guest house.
Executions. flights and looting – Syrian forces accused having executed
An unauthenticated video circulating on social networks showed at least 10 in plain clothes covered with blood inside the guest house, some lengthened on the ground.
The NGO also reported that an armed group linked to government forces had executed “four Druzes civilians. including a woman”, in a neighboring village, and that another group had shot down three men in the presence of their mother.
An AFP correspondent. syrian forces accused having executed who entered Soueida shortly after the government forces, saw bodies lying on the ground while shots resonated intermittently in the deserted city, placed under curfew.
“I find myself in the center of Soueida. ” said a resident of his home on the phone, who has not revealed his identity. “There are executions, houses and stores that are burned, flights and looting”.
“Wild practices”
“Government forces have entered the city on the pretext of restoring security (…) but unfortunately they have engaged in wild practices. Additionally, ” Rayan Maarouf, editor of the local Suwayda 24, told AFP, speaking of “tens” of killed civilians.
The American emissary in Syria. Tom Barrack, deemed “worrying” this violence and said they work “with all the games” for a return to calm.
These violence illustrates the challenges faced by the interim power of Ahmad al-Chareh since he overthrew. with a coalition of Sunni rebel groups, President Bashar al-Assad in December, in a country bruised by almost 14 years of civil war.
The province of Soueida houses the most important Druze community in the country. an esoteric minority from Islam which had some 700,000 members in Syria before the civil war, and is also located in Lebanon and Israel.
«Second Liban»
Israel. which has been bombing for the Syrian government forces in the Soueida region since Monday, said that it would not allow military presence in southern Syria, near their common border.
“We act to prevent the Syrian regime from harming them (in the Druzes. editor’s note) and syrian forces accused having executed to guarantee the demilitarization of the adjacent area on our border with Syria,” Israeli Prime Minister said Benjamin Netanyahu jointly, and the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz on Tuesday.
“We will not allow the return to a situation where a + second Lebanon + is established” in this region. said Benjamin Netanyahu later, referring to the conflicts which opposed his country to the Lebanese Hezbollah.
203 dead
The violence had broken out on Sunday between Druzes fighters and Bedouin tribes, with tense relations for decades. According to the OSDH. these violence left 203 people dead, including 71 Druzes, including two women and two children, 93 members of government forces and 18 Bedouins, in addition to the 21 civilians executed.
After having deployed important reinforcements. took control of several syrian forces accused having executed Druzes localities on Monday near Soueida, the Syrian forces entered the city on Tuesday morning, where clashes with Druze fighters broke out.
Despite a cease-fire announced by the authorities, the situation remained confused in the city. The Interior Ministry announced in the evening that clashes were “in certain districts” of Soueida. affirmed that the agreements made with religious leaders to restore calm had been “raped”.
After the fall of Bashar al-Assad. the deadly violence in March against the Alaouite community, from which the ex-president came, then against the Druzes, as well as an attack on a church in Damascus in June, shaken confidence in the ability of the new Syrian power to protect minorities.
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