Death toll from southern Syria violence rises to 248: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

“At least 248 people have been killed in southern Syria’s Sweida province following several days of clashes that triggered the deployment of government forces,” a war monitor said on Wednesday (July 16, 2025.)

“The toll includes 92 members of the Druze minority, 28 of them civilians with 21 killed in summary executions by government forces,” according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

“At least 138 Syrian security personnel were killed, along with 18 allied Bedouin fighters,” the monitor said.