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University students latest pressure point in Damascus-Suwayda tensions - Syria Direct

Summary by Syria Direct
SUWAYDA/PARIS — On the morning of May 15, Ghiath (a pseudonym) boarded a bus in Suwayda city to head back to Latakia University, where he is a student. Then the armed men arrived.  Members of a local armed group affiliated with the Joint Operations Room—a military body aligned with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri—came to prevent students from returning to universities outside the Druze-majority southern province, citing “the danger…
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Syria Direct broke the news in on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
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