In the aftermath of intense sectarian fighting, the eerily silent

In Syria’s Sweida, the stench of death still lingers days after sectarian bloodshed

In the aftermath of intense sectarian fighting, the eerily silent streets of Syria's southern province of Sweida are filled with the stench of decaying bodies left uncollected for days amid scenes of charred buildings and burned-out cars

ByOMAR SANADIKI Associated Press and SALLY ABOU ALJOUD Associated Pressjuly 26, 2025, 6:00 конфликти с амжилти избухнаха преди две седмици, провокирани от отвличания на тит-за-тат сред въоръжени бедуински кланове и бойци от религиозното малцинство на Друза. Боевете убиха стотици хора и заплашиха да разгадаят нежния следвоенния преход на Сирия.

Сирийските държавни сили се намесиха, явно да прекратят боевете, само че дейно настрани с клановете. Some government fighters reportedly robbed and executed Druze civilians.

Associated Press journalists from outside the city were able to enter Sweida on Friday for the first time since the violence started on July 13. With a ceasefire largely holding, residents of Sweida are trying...

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