More than 1,700 people were killed, the overwhelming majority from the Druze religious minority, during a week of violence in Syria in July 2025, a new U.N. report said, urging the country’s government to investigate senior security officials. Fighting erupted in the southern governorate of Suweida, initially between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes, before government-aligned forces joined on the side of the Bedouins. Extrajudicial executions followed and more than 200,000 people fled their homes in the biggest challenge President Ahmed al-Sharaa had faced since coming to power promising to unite Syria’s factions after almost 14 years of civil war. The foreign ministry said in a statement that it was treating the report “with the utmost seriousness” and was committed to “holding all those involved in these violations accountable without exception.”
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More than 1,700 people were killed, the overwhelming majority from the Druze religious minority, during a week of violence in Syria in July 2025, a new U.N. report said, urging the country’s government to investigate senior security officials. Fighting erupted in the southern governorate of Suweida, initially between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes, before government-aligned forces joined on the side of the Bedouins. Extrajudicial executions followed and more than 200,000 people fled their homes in the biggest challenge President Ahmed al-Sharaa had faced since coming to power promising to unite Syria’s factions after almost 14 years of civil war. The foreign ministry said in a statement that it was treating the report “with the utmost seriousness” and was committed to “holding all those involved in these violations accountable without exception.”