### Tragedy in Sweida: Sectarian Violence Leaves City in Ruins

Fri Jul 18 2025 03:19:59 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)
### Tragedy in Sweida: Sectarian Violence Leaves City in Ruins

A wave of sectarian violence has swept through Syria's Sweida, leaving devastation in its wake.


The city grapples with the aftermath of brutal clashes, marked by destruction and loss of life.

In the southern city of Sweida, the aftermath of an intense five-day wave of sectarian violence reveals a grim reality. Hossam, 33, emerged from his home after a week of sheltering from the chaos only to be confronted with the sights and smells of destruction. “The smell of corpses in Sweida is unbearable,” he lamented, noting pools of blood that now mar the streets alongside burned-out vehicles and shattered shopfronts.

Since Sunday, over 500 lives have been claimed by this surge of violence, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. This terrifying episode has been characterized as the most severe conflict in this area since the peak of the Syrian civil war. Amid clashing government forces and Druse militias, Hossam barricaded himself in, only venturing out after a fragile truce allowed him to survey the wreckage surrounding him.

At the local public hospital, the rush of ambulances tells a harrowing tale. Victims of the violence influx into the emergency ward, and frantic families search for missing loved ones, fearing the worst. The impact of this violence on the community is staggering, with grief palpable in the air. Sweida, a city marked by sectarian tension, now bears the heavy scars of violence, leaving its residents to navigate an uncertain future filled with loss and trauma.

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