US EditionSyria forms panel to probe civilian attacks in Sweida violence
SWEIDA PROVINCE, SYRIA, AUG 3 – The committee will investigate abuses and circumstances of sectarian clashes that killed over 800 people and displaced 175,000, aiming to hold perpetrators accountable within three months.
- The Sweida province in Syria experienced deadly violence in July, with hundreds killed, tens of thousands displaced, and Syria's transition threatened.
- Syria's Justice Ministry formed a committee to investigate the attacks, uncover the circumstances leading to the Sweida events, and refer implicated individuals to the judiciary.
- A similar committee previously found widespread violations against civilians, including by security forces, resulting in over 1,400 deaths after sectarian violence on Syria's coast.
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Exclusive: Shocking images reveal scale of devastation in Syria’s Druze heartland
Sweida resident documents destruction in Druze city after violent clashes with Syrian regime loyalists; 'They ask people about their religion before executing them—this is a sectarian campaign of extermination'
Five members of the Syrian General Security forces were killed in attacks launched by armed Druze groups described as outlaws in the countryside of the southern province of Sweida, according to local sources on Saturday evening...
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SHAMS MAJDAL, Golan Heights Only a few dozen yards from the eastern boundary of his town on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Jalaa Ayoub had a lifelong view of Syria. However, he was unable to go there. He then made the unreserved decision to cross the border into southern Syria in July to assist in defending family who reside there as deadly violence broke out between various religious factions. “We have total allegiance to Syria,” declares …
Syria forms committee to investigate Sweida violence
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.
Press group urges accountability for death of photojournalist in Syria
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday urged accountability for the death of Syrian photojournalist Sari Majid Al-Shoufi while reporting on armed combat near the Syrian city of Sweida. Al-Shoufi was a photojournalist for Suwayda 24, a Druze-focused website. Rayan Marouf, the editor-in-chief of the website, said Al-Shoufi was reporting from a site in Taara, close to Sweida. Marouf told CPJ that, at around 6 AM on July 14, Al-Shou…
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