On July 15, 2025, bodies, believed to be Druze Syrians, littered the side of a road in the Druze-majority city of Suwaida following a conflict between Bedouin tribesmen and Druze fighters in Syria.
Deadly clashes between local Druze and Bedouin fighters erupted on July 13 and quickly worsened on July 14 after Syrian government forces were dispatched to the city. At least 203 people were killed in the conflict in the southern Syrian city of Suwaida, including 92 members of the Druze minority and 21 Syrian civilians killed in summary executions by Syrian government forces. Others included 93 Syrian government security personnel and 18 Bedouin Syrians.
Shortly thereafter, on July 15, Israeli forces attacked the Palmyra-Homs highway in Syria, targeting a convoy of Bedouin fighters heading to Suwayda. On July 16, Israeli forces carried out a series of airstrikes against Syrian government command centers in the heart of the capital Damascus to protect the Druze community. The series of airstrikes killed three people and wounded 34 others. beginning December 8, 2024, and following the fall of the Assad regime, Israeli forces invaded and continued to occupy a buffer zone adjacent to the Golan Heights in southwestern Syria.
On July 16, Syrian government forces withdrew from the Syrian Druze-majority city of Suwayda. Residents were left with looted stores, burnt houses, and bodies scattered and devastated in the streets after several days of violence on July 17, 2025.In the backyard of a hospital in the southern Syrian city of Suwaida, the bodies of victims of the clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribesmen that broke out were They were laid out.
Waring01: 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)
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