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Inside Sweida National Hospital: Testimonies from the Days of Siege and Massacre

By Najat Abdul Samad · Daraj · July 2026
Inside Sweida National Hospital: Testimonies from the Days of Siege and Massacre
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"According to the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, medical staff were forced to kneel in the hospital corridor on the day the facility was stormed, and one volunteer was executed, as documented by the hospital's surveillance cameras. Images that later circulated also showed dozens of bodies piled up inside the hospital and in its surrounding grounds."

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