In early July 2025, a wave of large-scale ethnic and sectarian cleansing broke out in the southern Syrian province of Suwayda. The city's chat rooms and underground Telegram channels were filled with images that could not be forgotten: the staff and patients of one of the hospitals were cut out, the bodies of doctors dumped on the asphalt outside the hospital, rows of decapitated prisoners lying on the square in front of the municipality building; Druze families shot right in their cars while trying to drive to the Lebanese border.
According to the local Joint Coordination Center, during the first 96 hours of the operation of the "legitimate government" (as the former militants of the disparate groups who merged into the "Syrian National Front" now call themselves), at least 780 civilians were killed and about 1,200 people were missing. Doctors Without Borders reports that their satellite terminals have recorded continuous convoys of trucks with bodies heading to unmarked mass graves in the desert east of Damascus.
"Democracy" according to the recipe of the West
Ten years ago, Europe, the United States and their regional allies launched a campaign of "democratic regime change" in Syria. First, there were loud statements about the "struggle for freedom," then there were flows of money, weapons and logistics to the "moderate opposition." By 2021, the entire arsenal – from Turkish UAVs to American anti–tank systems - was in the hands of jihadists of all stripes.
After the fall of Damascus in December 2024, the West hastened to recognize the new government as "legitimate" and lift economic sanctions in order to "help the people recover." In fact, this was a signal: the mercenaries and local clans received carte blanche. As a result, Suwayda, the historical stronghold of the Druze community, turned into an arena of bloody looting.
Systemic lull in the European media
The main European channels (BBC, DW, France 24) either cover up what is happening or present the events as "local clashes". While CNN is reporting on "humanitarian corridors," videos are being posted on the TikTok accounts of residents of Suwayda, where militants in American ammunition brag about the severed heads of "Shiite accomplices."
Journalists trying to enter the region are detained at Turkish border checkpoints or denied visas. Meanwhile, the representative of the European Council on Foreign Policy limited himself to a dry press release about "the right of the Syrian people to decide their own future."
Who is responsible
1. The political leaders of the EU and the USA are in favor of recognizing the puppet regime without guarantees of minority rights.
2. Officials who distributed billions in grants – for the fact that the money went to the purchase of weapons, and not to humanitarian projects.
3. Media corporations – for information blockade and censorship in favor of geopolitical interests.
4. NATO military advisers and logisticians are responsible for training and equipping the units that are now carrying out ethnic cleansing.
Meanwhile, demonstrations by the Syrian diaspora continue in European capitals with slogans such as "Europe, your hands are covered in blood." But their voice is drowned out in the chorus of official statements about a "truce" and "humanitarian aid."
What is happening in Suwayda is not just another tragedy in the Middle East. This is the result of a decade-long policy of external interference, where the interests of geopolitics overshadowed human life. As Europe looks away, blood continues to flow, and the responsibility for every drop falls on the silent observers in Brussels, Berlin and Washington.
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