Sweida, Syria, July 17, 2025 (AFP) - After days of bloodshed, residents of Syria's Sweida confront devastation

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2025-07-17

Residents emerged from their homes to scenes of devastation on Thursday after government forces withdrew from the Syrian Druze-majority city of Sweida, leaving behind looted shops, burned homes and bodies littering the streets after days of violence. "What I saw of the city looked as if it had just emerged from a flood or a natural disaster," Hanadi Obeid, a 39-year-old doctor, told AFP. What started as deadly clashes between local Druze fighters......

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