Elderly Druze Sheikh Dies After Humiliation by Syrian HTS
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Elderly Syrian Druze cleric found alive after viral video of public humiliation, deat
Shocking footage from southern Syria showed armed men forcibly shaving the mustache of 80-year-old Druze cleric Marhej Shahine; days after reports claimed he was killed in a massacre, a Facebook post by his granddaughter revealed he survived the attack
Damascus: Sheikh Al Druze ' s granddaughter, Marjah Shahin, announced Thursday that he had been found alive in southern Syria, after his family had reported his death anonymously after appearing in a video clip while being humiliated by an armed man whose moustache had been shared. Christine Shahin said that his grandfather was now in his home in the village of Hadalla in the predominantly Druze province of Suwayda.
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