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WHO: Health situation in Sweida is ‘grim’ and hospitals are overrun
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A Druze fighter sits next to another injured person lying in the back of a vehicle parked outside Sweida National Hospital, in southern Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida on July 20, 2025. (Shadi al-Dubaisi/AFP)
Hospitals in the southern Syrian city of Sweida are under immense pressure, following an escalation of sectarian clashes this month between the Druze — a religious minority native to the area — and Syrian Bedouin tribes.
“Inside Sweida is a grim picture with the health facilities under immense strain… Electricity and water are cut off, and essential medical supplies are running out,” World Health Organization representative in Syria Christina Bethke tells reporters in Geneva via video link.
Israel delivered a shipment of medical aid to Sweida earlier this week.
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