Syrian authorities have said they had begun trying suspects over a wave of deadly violence that tore through the Druze-majority Sweida province last year.

The episodes in Druze-majority Suwayda escalated amid kidnappings, various disputes, and absent movement on integrating Druze into state institutions.

Syrian authorities said on July 3 that they had begun trying suspects over a wave of deadly violence that tore through the Druze-majority Sweida province last year.