
Syrian government forces take aim from a rooftop amid clashes in the southern city of Suweida, Syria, on July 16, 2025. BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images
Clashes resumed over the weekend in Syria’s Suweida Province between government forces and armed members of the local Druze community, according to Syria’s state-run SANA news agency.
“After confronting an organized attack of al-Hijri [Druze] militias in Suweida province on Internal Security positions … security forces regained control over these positions,” SANA quoted a security source as saying on Aug. 3.


