More than 1,400 killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria, report finds

More than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in several days of sectarian violence in Syria’s coastal regions earlier this year, a government committee tasked with investigating the attacks has found. The committee said it had identified 298 …

Syrian Christians hide in churches to escape sectarian violence

Christians in Syria are taking refuge in churches to escape escalating violence between Bedouin fighters and Druze militia forces. The unrest comes as new details emerge about the killing of a Christian man and several of his family members in the Suwayda …

More than 1,400 killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria in March, report finds

The committee's report came as Syria reels from a new round of sectarian violence in the south, which threatens to upend the country's fragile recovery after nearly 14 years of civil war. 'Revenge, not ideology' The coastal violence began …

More than 1,400 killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria in March, report finds

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — More than 1,400 people were killed in several days of sectarian violence on Syria ’s coast earlier this year, a government investigating committee said Tuesday. The violence followed the ouster of longtime President Bashar Assad in …

U.S. citizen killed in Syria sectarian violence alongside 6 Druze family members

An American citizen from Oklahoma was killed along with six male relatives during the sectarian violence that erupted last week in Syria. Syrian-American Hosam Saraya, 35, was visiting his family in Sweida in southern Syria from Oklahoma City, where he …

Over 1,400 were killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria in March, committee says

What part did Druze leader al-Hijri play in recent violence?

Over the last ten days or so, as deadly violence broke out in the southern Syrian province of Sweida, there was one name that kept coming up: Hikmat al-Hijri. The 60-year-old spiritual leader of Syria's Druze community played a major role in events …

Israel’s Quiet Partition Plan: Sectarian Cantons from Golan to Sweida

Batoul Wehbe Through the smoke rising from Sweida and the embers glowing along Syria’s coastline, the contours of a deeply fractured nation emerge. What’s unfolding in Syria today is not simply the latest chapter in a prolonged civil conflict. It is the …

Why the violence in my hometown, Swaida, goes beyond ‘rivalry.’

MENASource July 22, 2025 • 3:37 pm ET Print this page Why the violence in my hometown, Swaida, goes beyond ‘rivalry.’ By Majd al-Ghatrif I recently returned from a mission to Syria, going between Swaida, my birthplace, and the capital city, Damascus. When …

Syria’s Truth Commission Releases Explosive Report on Coastal Violence: 1,426 Dead, Hundreds Accused

In a long-anticipated press conference held Tuesday in Damascus, Syria’s National Commission for Inquiry into the Coastal Events publicly released the results of its four-month investigation into the March 2025 violence that erupted in the coastal …