US EditionSyria Forms Panel to Probe Civilian Attacks in Sweida Violence
SUWAYDA PROVINCE, SYRIA, JUL 31 – The committee will investigate assaults and violations after sectarian clashes killed 426 people and displaced tens of thousands, with final findings due in three months.
- On July 31, Syria’s justice minister Muzher al-Wais announced the establishment of a seven-member panel tasked with examining the recent deadly clashes in Sweida province that erupted in mid-July.
- The violence started on July 13 as clashes between Druze factions and Sunni Bedouin clans, escalating with government forces intervening while reportedly siding with the clans.
- The committee, including judges, lawyers, and a military official, will examine attacks on civilians, which involved brutal killings and humiliations documented in videos over several days.
- Reports suggest the clashes resulted in the deaths of several hundred individuals and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes; meanwhile, the committee plans to submit suspected perpetrators to judicial authorities to uphold accountability.
- The investigation reflects ongoing tensions within Syria's fragile postwar transition, with minorities’ suspicions of new authorities and continuing regional instability involving Israeli strikes and sectarian violence.
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The Straits TimesSyria forms committee to investigate Sweida violence
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syria has pledged to investigate clashes in the southern province of Sweida which killed hundreds of people last month -the second major episode of sectarian violence since the ouster of longtime Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
·Denver, United States
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In Syria, almost two weeks after the end of the communal clashes that killed 1,400 people in Sueïda according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), tensions remain strong between Bedouin clans and Druze militias. The ceasefire, negotiated on 19 July, put an end to the violence, but many fighters remain ready to intervene in the event of further escalations. In Deraa, RFI met with members of Bedouin clans, farmers and shepherds who t…
·Paris, France
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