16 July 2025 | Conflict in Southern Syria update

Today, we will discuss Dozens of people, including Bedouin, Druze and Syrian forces, have been killed and hundreds wounded in clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias around Suweida in southern Syria—sparked by the abduction of a Druze merchant and fueled by deepening sectarian tensions—despite deployment of security forces to restore calm. These confrontations mark yet another outbreak of violence in Syria’s fractious post‑Assad landscape, with both local monitoring groups and the interior ministry reporting at least 30 deaths, and fears growing of further instability among minority communities feeds.

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