Overview

• Amnesty International verified videos and testimony showing executions on July 15–16 in homes, a public square, a school, a hospital and a ceremonial hall.
• The group counted 46 victims—44 men and two women—and documented two mock executions, including a case in which uniformed men allegedly opened fire on relatives at a checkpoint.
• Footage includes the killing of medical worker Mohammed Rafiq al-Bahsas inside a Sweida hospital by armed men in military attire, with at least one figure wearing a General Security uniform.
• Syria’s authorities have announced internal probes after acknowledging serious violations, with President Ahmed al-Sharaa conceding abuses by some security and army members and the Justice Ministry forming a committee on July 31.
• Reporting on the wider July fighting in Sweida cites mass casualties with estimates exceeding 2,000 dead, as Amnesty urges prosecutions that meet international standards and reject the death penalty.