Two killed in shelling in western Sweida

Two civilians, a man and a woman, were killed and two others injured today when shelling struck the western neighborhoods of Sweida city.

Two killed in shelling in western Sweida
30 August, 2026   21:20
NEWS DESK

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the shelling, which originated from areas under the control of the Syrian Transitional Government, killed farmer Mahmoud Najib Abu Hamdan, who was working as a tractor driver, and a displaced woman from the Jazira region identified as Asia.

According to the information, a mortar shell struck the woman’s workplace in an agricultural field, killing her and the tractor driver who was working at the site.

The bodies of the two victims were identified after they arrived at Sweida General Hospital, while the injured were taken for medical treatment.

ANHA