South Syria violence death toll tops 1,000: monitor
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed since last Sunday included 336 Druze fighters and 298 civilians from the religious minority group, 194 of whom were 'summarily executed by defence and interior ministry personnel'.
Syrian govt says fighting in Sweida halted after tribal forces pull out
The dead also included 342 government security personnel and 21 Sunni Bedouin, three of them civilians 'summarily executed by Druze fighters'. Another 15 government forces were killed in Israeli strikes, the Observatory said.
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