Druze, Syria
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For days, Sunni tribal warriors surrounded the Druze capital in southern Syria. Fighters drove around in off-road vehicles, while bearded jihadists took selfies. Daniel Böhm and Dominic Nahr report from the front lines.
Dr Talat Amer, a surgeon at Sweida National Hospital in southern Syria, worked tirelessly for three days as bombs fell and the building came under siege from government and militia forces.
Members of the Syrian American community in Portland are grieving the loss of loved ones following attacks in southern Syria.
The interior ministry said clashes in Sweida city had been halted and the area cleared of Bedouin tribal fighters following the deployment.
Relatives and officials say a Syrian-American man of the Druze religious minority is among dozens of civilians killed in sectarian clashes in southern Syria
He was a U.S. citizen, member of the Druze community and had a master's degree in accounting from Oklahoma Christian University, officials say.
The mass murder of the Druze is not a distant, regional crisis. It is a test of global conscience. Will we stop it?
About 30,000 mostly Druze people are thought to be trapped inside the besieged city of Sweida and surrounding towns, with no electricity, little internet and dwindling supplies of food and water.