The wards are packed with the civilian victims caught up in Syria's complex tribal and political violence - the worst since the toppling of the country's dictator Bashar al Assad by fighters backed by Turkey and led by former Islamist Ahmed al Sharaa. Hajar is just one of the many casualties among the dozens crammed in this hospital, as well as the tens of thousands of others affected by what's happened over the past 10 days of brutality in Sweida. The cycle of tit-for-tat kidnappings and revenge attacks between Druze and Arab Bedoin tribes in the city quickly spiralled into an international crisis when witnesses said some government forces sent in as peacekeepers went on to join Bedoin tribes in the killing spree and robbing of the Druze minority.
Author: Alex Crawford, special correspondent, reporting from inside Sweida City, in Syria
Published at: 2025-07-22 21:12:00
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