Hundreds killed and missing in latest attack on Sweida

In one of the most violent attacks in Sweida, dozens of civilians lost their lives on Tuesday and Wednesday (July 15 and 16, 2025), following an attack launched by transitional government forces and "tribal" groups on towns and villages in the eastern and western countryside of Sweida, including al-Sahwa al-Gharbiyya (Balata), al-Kafr, Rasas, al-Mazra'a, Najran, and al-Majdal.

The attack, which included the use of heavy weapons, mass killings, kidnappings, and looting, claimed the lives of hundreds, including children, women, doctors, and lawyers, amidst deafening international silence and a clear disregard for warnings of a looming humanitarian catastrophe. Hundreds of families still do not know the fate of their kidnapped and missing relatives.

Victims of the Western Sahwa (Balata):

Rabi' Hussein Al-Bani

Amjad Radi Al-Bani

Muwaffaq Naseeb Al-Bani

Anas Muwaffaq Al-Bani

Ziad Ghaleb Salah

Yamen Hamad Khwais

Thamer Mahmoud Al-Bani

Najat Hassan Salah

Mirvat Badria

Child Rabie Nader Salah

Suhail Salam Man Al-Din

Saeed Muadha Abu Ghawi

Adeeb Mahmoud Khwais

Rami Ismail Al-Bani

Alaa Ayman Nakad

Ayman Fares Salah

Wissam Kamal Al-Bani

Rayan Wissam Al-Bani

Louay Hani Al-Salman Al-Bani

Issam Ghazi Kahl

Victims of Al-Kafir:

Hisham Salman Al-Shaar

Ziad Tawfiq Khair

Hammoud Murad Nasser

Firas Majed Hadifa

Adham Ismail Nasreddine

Kinan Fawzat Al-Jawhari

Rehab Nasser Nasreddine

Salha Salim Al-Khatib

Sarhan Sharaf Al-Din Rima Hazem

From Mimas: Mahmoud Kiwan

Rasas Town:

Jamal Ali Akwan

Salman Hindi Hamza

Marwan Tawfiq Al-Bad'ish

Nael Yasser Akwan

Alaa Ismail Al-Qadi

Walid Wael Al-Atrash

Wael Hilal Khalifa

Nazih Mahna Nasr

Suleiman Ramadan

Sharif Tawfiq Nasr

Shukri Tawfiq Nasr

Firas Hassan Halawa

Hassan Halawa

Mahmoud Nawaf Al-Jarmani

Daniel Hamad Al-Jarmani

Muhib Abdul Karim Al-Hadi

Talal Khaled Akwan

Nawaf Ghazi Aziz

Missing from Rasas:

Aram Moataz Khalifa

Ihsan Khader

Adham Nawaf Al-Jarmani

Shadi Nawaf Hamayel

Abed Yousef Hilal

Bassam Abu Daqqa

Kamal Atallah Al-Sayed

Injured:

Hussam Jadaan Hamza

Yousef Hayel Al-Afeef

Wahib Fadel Hamza

Nouris Kamel Man Al-Din

Hafez Bahjat Abu Hamdan

Jalal Mazid Abu Hamdan

Majdi Maher Abu Hamdan

Suhair Jadallah Salah

Adel Faisal Abu Hamdan

Wissam Al-Hajli

Kafr al-Lahf Victims:

Muhammad Nassar Zahreddine

Dr. Laith Rashid Zahreddine

Wael al-Muhaithawi

Mishaal Amer Nasr

Among the injured:

Ayham Ghassan Abu Fakhr

Kinan Imad Abdul Hay

Hael Najib al-Hakim

Hussam Nasr al-Din Zahreddine, and others.

Al-Mazra'a:

Entire families were killed, including Dr. Moaz Bashar Arnous, Engineer Bashar Qasim Arnous, Engineer Baraa Bashar Arnous, and Education Professor Nayfa Hussein Abu Fakhr, in addition to dozens of names whose full names have not been counted due to the magnitude of the massacre.

Najran and Majdal witnessed mass kidnappings of women and children. The names of 80 women and children have been documented so far, including missing and abducted, amid a dearth of information. Meanwhile, dozens of victims fell in Najran, including Rami Fouad Darb Nasr, Khaldoun Lutfi Darb Nasr, Hussam Salah al-Din, Ramah Zain al-Din, Majdi Saeed Hamad Nasr, and others.

Victims from the Barbour Family

Several members of this family, known for their consistent resistance to attacks, have been killed, including: Yazan Mustafa Barbour, Rami Walid Barbour, Moataz Mahjaa Barbour, Raed Saqr Barbour, and Dr. Amjad Raed Barbour.

Victims from the Legal and Medical Fields

Sweida lost prominent lawyers, including: Imad Halabi, Uday Salha, Saad Abu Hassoun, and lawyer Manar Abu Saad and her family. Several doctors were also killed, and their clinics were burned and looted.

Preliminary Toll: More than 600 Victims

According to medical sources at the Sweida National Hospital, the number of bodies that have arrived at the hospital has exceeded 600, in addition to the bodies that are still lying in the streets or have been transferred to hospitals in Salkhad, Shahba, and Sali.

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ANHA