Syrian safety forces take purpose from a rooftop place amid clashes within the southern metropolis of Sweida, within the province of the identical title, on July 16, 2025. Bakr Alkasem/AFP through Getty Photographs
WASHINGTON—Commissioners and former employees with a key human rights panel are voicing concern over non secular freedom within the new Syrian regime, now going through assault from Israel within the title of a non secular minority.
Israel, which backed the ouster of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, launched heavy airstrikes on July 16 that hit Syria’s capital, Damascus, citing persecution of the Druze.