US EditionUS Citizen Killed in Syria, State Department Says
SUWAYDA PROVINCE, SYRIA, JUL 21 – Hosam Saraya, a U.S. citizen, and seven relatives were executed amid sectarian clashes that have killed over 1,100 people in Suwayda province, Syria, officials said.
- A 35-year-old U.S. citizen named Hosam Saraya was confirmed dead in Syria, as reported by the State Department after being executed alongside family members in a conflict involving Druze and Bedouin groups.
- Senators Markwayne Mullin and James Lankford acknowledged Saraya's tragic death and expressed condolences to his family and community, emphasizing the need for accountability regarding U.S. citizens harmed abroad.
- More than 1,200 people have reportedly died in clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze militias in southern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
- Reports indicate that Saraya was among eight men shot by Syrian troops during conflicts in Suwayda, which have resulted in over 1,000 deaths, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Syrian American Man Among Members of Druze Community Killed in Sectarian Clashes in Syria
BEIRUT—A Syrian-American man of the Druze religious minority was killed in southern Syria when he got caught up in sectarian clashes there last week while visiting family members, relatives, and officials said Tuesday. The U.S. State Department confirmed the death of U.S citizen Hossam Soraya in the city of Sweida and extended its condolences to his family. His relatives and friends told The Associated Press that Saraya, in his mid-30s from Okla…
In Druze town where hundreds breached border with Syria, residents mourn one tragedy while fearing another - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
MAJDAL SHAMS, Israel — A year after a Hezbollah missile slammed into a soccer field here, killing 12 children and turning the quiet Druze town near Israel’s northeastern border into a symbol of mourning, it was once again in the headlines — this time for an unplanned border breach. Hundreds of Druze residents pushed through the security fence separating the Israeli Golan Heights from Syria, rushing toward family members they had not seen in dec…
Inside Syria: Druze leader tells C4 his community being targeted for extermination
The Druze spiritual leader Hikmat Al-Hijri has told Channel 4 News he fears his community is being targeted in a campaign of extermination. Speaking after violent clashes between Druze and Bedouin groups in the south killed more than a thousand people, he said there’s no longer any trust between him and Syria’s interim government. A warning, there are distressing images in this report.
Now that things are a little safer in the southern Syrian city of Sweida, residents are slowly daring to leave their homes. Areej spent days hiding at home, only occasionally venturing out onto her balcony to gaze out over the city. There, day in, day out, she saw the explosions and plumes of smoke above her beloved Sweida. Fighters walked through the streets, shouting at residents through loudspeakers. But now that the guns have fallen silent, …
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