‘It’s impossible to tell who is killing us’: four days of violence end with hundreds dead in southern Syria

<p>Sectarian divisions prompted the worst unrest in Syria since March as the Druze population of Sweida province suffered massacres and executions</p><p>Bahaa* had no choice but to keep on working as patient after patient came through the doors of the Sweida National hospital in southern Syria. Almost all bore similar injuries: gunshot wounds and bodies shredded by shrapnel from nearby exploding artillery.</p><p>“There were hundreds of wounded, no less than 200 bodies in the hospital. Many of them shot in the head, as if executed,” said Bahaa, a surgeon speaking of the events of this week in Sweida under a pseudonym for fear of retribution.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/18/its-impossible-to-tell-who-is-killing-us-four-days-of-violence-end-with-hundreds-dead-in-southern-syria">Continue reading...</a>