About 300 people attended a vigil organised by the Sydney Druze community in solidarity with the people of Sweida/Suwayda, Syria, at Martin Place on Gadigal Country/Sydney. Peter Boyle reports.
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Members of the Druze community, in particular those of Syrian and Lebanese background, organised a 鈥淪tand with Sweida鈥 rally on the steps of Victorian Parliament. Zane Alcorn reports.
A week of brutal sectarian violence in Suwayda, in southern Syria, has left more than 1000 people dead, during which disparate Druze factions united against the Syrian government and Israel further consolidated its grip on the region.聽Sarah Glynn聽reports.