Bedouin fighters gather at Umayyad Square in Damascus on July 19, 2025, as they prepare to reinforce tribal and Bedouin forces in the southern Syrian province of Sweida, whose long-standing enmity with the Druze led to violence on July 13. (Credit: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
At least 940 people have been killed in Syria's Sweida province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Saturday in an updated toll for a week of violence in the heartland of the Druze minority.
According to the NGO, 588 Druze — 326 fighters and 262 civilians — were killed, including 182 “summarily executed by members [of forces under] the Defense and Interior Ministries.”
The dead also include 312 members of government forces and 21 Sunni Bedouins, including three civilians “summarily executed by Druze fighters,” according to the SOHR. In addition, 15 members of government forces were killed in Israeli strikes, according to the NGO.
At least 940 people have been killed in Syria's Sweida province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Saturday in an updated toll for a week of violence in the heartland of the Druze minority.
According to the NGO, 588 Druze — 326 fighters and 262 civilians — were killed, including 182 “summarily executed by members [of forces under] the Defense and Interior Ministries.”
The dead also include 312 members of government forces and 21 Sunni Bedouins, including three civilians “summarily executed by Druze fighters,” according to the SOHR. In addition, 15 members of government forces were killed in Israeli strikes, according to the NGO.
