Death Toll from Suwayda Clashes Rises to Nearly 1,900

ARK News.. A Syrian human rights source reported that the death toll from clashes in Suwayda has risen to nearly 1,900 since July 13, 2025.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, that the cumulative death toll since the morning of Sunday, July 13, resulting from clashes, summary executions, and Israeli airstrikes in Suwayda, has reached 1,895 fatalities, distributed as follows:

725 residents of Suwayda Province, the vast majority from the Druze community, including 167 civilians — among them 21 children and 57 women.

477 members of the Ministry of Defense and Public Security, including 40 from Bedouin tribes and one Lebanese national.

15 personnel from the Defense and Interior ministries killed in Israeli airstrikes.

3 individuals, including a woman and two unidentified victims, killed when Israeli warplanes struck the Ministry of Defense building.

2 journalists killed during the clashes in Suwayda.

670 Druze civilians, including 57 women, 15 children, and elderly victims, among them 20 medical staff from Suwayda National Hospital, who were summarily executed by members of the Defense and Interior ministries.

3 Bedouin tribes people, including a woman and a child, summarily executed by Druze militants.

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