Remembrance
We hold space for the lives lost and ensure they are not forgotten. Remembrance is an act of dignity and solidarity.
The Story
What Happened in Suwayda
Beginning in July 2025, As-Suwayda — a peaceful, predominantly Druze province in southern Syria — lived under a suffocating siege. Access to food, medicine, fuel, electricity, and the internet was tightly restricted, cutting an entire community off from the outside world.
Civilians, including women and children, were killed. Villages were attacked, homes destroyed, and families displaced and barred from returning. What unfolded was not a battle between two sides, but an assault on a civilian population — and a record that families and communities are determined will not be erased.
These were not isolated incidents. The documented violations include the mass killing of unarmed civilians, summary executions, the targeting of homes and places of refuge, the destruction of entire villages, large-scale forced displacement, and the deliberate deprivation of food, water, medicine, and care — grave violations that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, and that demand continued documentation, protection, and accountability.
Druze Roots and Wings exists to preserve this record, to honor those who were lost, and to work with organizations that can help protect civilians and keep international attention on Suwayda — today and for as long as it takes.