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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kareem Chehayeb

Scathing UN report calls on Syria to investigate abuses during deadly clashes with Druze last year

A United Nations inquiry said Friday that there is “no indication” Syria has investigated violations its forces committed during sectarian clashes last summer in which at least 1,700 people died, the vast majority from the Druze religious minority.

In a scathing report, the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic urged Syria’s government to investigate the leadership of its security forces that allowed or organized sectarian attacks against the Druze community.

The report estimates about 200,000 people were displaced in the violence in Sweida, the heartland of Syria's Druze community. Among the dead were almost 200 women and children.

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