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Analysis: Syria’s Path to Reconciliation Faces New Sectarian Violence
SUWAYDA PROVINCE, SYRIA, JUL 25 – Over 1,300 killed in sectarian clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes amid kidnappings and executions, with officials pledging accountability for violations in Suwayda province.
- On July 25, 2025, armed Bedouin clans and Druze militias in Suwayda province, southern Syria, clashed, resulting in over 1,300 deaths, according to reports.
- Longstanding sectarian tensions resurfaced when, since 2011, Druze leaders operated under a fragile semi-autonomy agreement in Sweida, leading to initial clashes, NO attribution.
- Disturbing videos soon surfaced showing Druze civilians humiliated and executed with sectarian slurs, and Bedouin groups launched deadly raids on homes and villages.
- In response, officials pledged investigations, while Syrian Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra said `no one would be exempt from accountability even those affiliated with the Defense Ministry`.
- This month, a truce halted clashes, but the ongoing government probe into coastal violence found over 1,400 killed, highlighting persistent challenges.
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Independent EspañolBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ABDULRAHMAN SHAHEEN DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Before sectarian violence erupted in southern Syria, Saber Abou Ras taught medical sciences at a university in the city of Sweida and harbored some hope for a better future for his country after it emerged from nearly 14 years of civil war. Now, like many others in this predominantly Druze city in southern Syria, he carries weapons and refuses to hand them over to the government. …
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The attacks on Sweida in Syria were the Druze community's October 7
The massacres by Bedouin militias were also like the attacks across Syria and Iraq during the civil wars of the Arab Spring ■ Like Netanyahu, the new head of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee is willing to sacrifice the interests of the Israeli military and the broader public
A large number of civilians were executed in the southern Syrian city on the sidelines of clashes between local factions and Bedouin fighters and Damascus forces, a hecatomb that reinforces separatist temptations within the Druze minority.
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