'There were bodies everywhere': Druze residents describe 'bloodbath' in Syrian city Suweida - Echo Global News

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'There were bodies everywhere': Druze residents describe 'bloodbath' in Syrian city Suweida



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The 45-year-old Druze woman has lived in the southern Syrian city of Suweida her whole life, and never thought her once-peaceful hometown would become the scene of a bloodbath.

"There were bodies everywhere outside our building," she told the BBC in a phone interview, using a pseudonym out of fear for her safety.

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