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US Citizen Killed in Syria, State Department Says
SUWAYDA, SYRIA, JUL 21 – Hosam Saraya, a 35-year-old Syrian-American, and seven relatives were executed amid sectarian violence that has killed over 1,100 people and displaced 130,000, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
- An American citizen named Hosam Saraya was confirmed killed in Syria's Suwayda during unrest last week, according to the US State Department.
- Saraya was reportedly shot alongside six family members in an execution-style attack in Tishreen Square.
- U.N. Human Rights Chief Volker Turk indicated that there are credible reports of violations by Syrian government forces, including executions and kidnappings.
- More than 128,500 people have been displaced since clashes began on July 13 between Druze and Bedouin militias, as reported by the United Nations International Organization for Migration.
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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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