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Nearly 80,000 people displaced due to violence in Sweida, IOM says


This aerial photo shows a view of the city of Sweida, which has a Druze majority, in southern Syria, on July 18, 2025. (Credit: Bakr Alkasem/AFP)

Nearly 80,000 people have been displaced due to community violence that has left almost 600 dead in the majority Druze city of Sweida and its surrounding region in southern Syria, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Nearly 80,000 people have been displaced due to community violence that has left almost 600 dead in the majority Druze city of Sweida and its surrounding region in southern Syria, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).