{"id":266646,"date":"2025-07-31T12:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/killed-for-what-religion-inside-the-horror-of-southern-syrias-sectarian-violence\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T12:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:05:18","slug":"killed-for-what-religion-inside-the-horror-of-southern-syrias-sectarian-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/killed-for-what-religion-inside-the-horror-of-southern-syrias-sectarian-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Killed for what, religion?&#8217;: inside the horror of southern Syria&#8217;s sectarian violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/hxCPlHN6__k\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'Killed for what, religion?': inside the horror of southern Syria's sectarian violence\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hxCPlHN6__k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Last month, sectarian violence involving opposing fighters from the Druze minority faith and Bedouin tribes engulfed southern Syria again, forcing the government to send troops in an attempt to quell the violence. Amid the fighting, examples of humiliation and summary executions were documented on social media. Three Druze men from the same Arnous family: Osama, 26, Mouath, 24, and Baraa, 20, were among those killed as they took shelter from the violence. Guardian journalist William Christou talked to Osama&#8217;s brother-in-law Hadi Neman who recounted their last moments<br \/>\n Shot in the head, as if executed\u2019: four days of violence end with hundreds dead in southern Syria<br \/>\n Escalating unrest in Syria lays bare new regime\u2019s momentous challenges<br \/>\n \u2018Tense calm\u2019 returns to Syria\u2019s Sweida province after week of deadly violence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, sectarian violence involving opposing fighters from the Druze minority faith and Bedouin tribes engulfed southern Syria again, forcing the government to send troops in an attempt to quell the violence. 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