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Death toll from south Syria violence rises to 203, war monitor says
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Bodies are seen by the side of a street in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on July 15, 2025, following clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)
At least 203 people have been killed in southern Syria’s Sweida province, a war monitor says, giving an updated toll after several days of clashes that triggered the deployment of government forces.
The dead include 92 members of the Druze minority, 21 of them civilians “killed in summary executions by government forces,” according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as well as 93 security personnel and 18 Bedouin.
Israel conducted a series of strikes on Syrian forces in a bid to protect the Druze community.
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