US EditionHospitals in Syria's Sweida struggling after sectarian clashes, WHO says
SWEIDA PROVINCE, SYRIA, JUL 24 – Over 1,120 deaths and 128,000 displaced have overwhelmed Sweida hospitals, with staff performing 500 surgeries amid severe shortages and worsening conditions, officials said.
- On July 13, 2025, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham militants raided Sweida province's main hospital and streets, causing bodies to accumulate and triggering a humanitarian crisis, according to medical sources in southern Syria's Sweida province.
- Since the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s government on December 8, 2024, Syria’s south has endured an extensive Israeli occupation and sectarian tensions involving the Druze minority.
- According to Obeidah Abu Fakhr, some surgeries on children occurred without anesthesia in hospital corridors, highlighting the severe medical crisis in Sweida.
- A week of HTS-led violence has left over 1,120 dead and displaced more than 128,000 people, and a tense calm has prevailed since Monday under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
- Despite aid efforts, 15-day water and electricity outages persist in Sweida, and patients cannot reach Damascus hospitals due to security threats, WHO says.
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