Local reports highlight a severe shortage of basic necessities. Markets have been nearly empty of vegetables for over 10 days, and shops are running out of food supplies due to the blockade of the Damascus–Suwayda highway. Water delivery has halted due to fuel shortages, and the city’s automated bakery warns of imminent shutdown due to depleted flour and diesel.

SOHR has urged international organizations to act swiftly, warning of catastrophic consequences if the blockade continues.

Suwayda remains under siege following horrific sectarian massacres carried out by government forces against the Druze religious minority.

A humanitarian convoy comprising 27 trucks reached Syria’s Suwayda.

Governorate via the Bosra al-Sham–Bakka road, the only open corridor into the besieged region, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on 28 July.

The convoy, escorted by delegations from the Syrian Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), delivered nearly 200 tons of critical aid, including food baskets, shelter kits, medicines, and infant formula.

This marks the third convoy to enter Suwayda since a military siege was imposed by Syrian government forces on 13 July.

Despite international support from the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the humanitarian needs in Suwayda remain dire, with over 100,000 people displaced across the city and 36 surrounding villages.

The conflict in Suwayda began on 13 July, when local Bedouins kidnapped a Druze fruit seller on the road between Suwayda and Damascus. The situation quickly escalated with clashes breaking out between government-aligned tribal militias and armed Druze factions.

On 15 July, terrorist leader Jolani ordered the Syrian army, invaded Suwayda under the pretext of halting the fighting, restoring security, and protecting the Druze religious minority.

Rather than separate the Druze and Bedouin tribal forces, Syrian army and internal security forces descended on Suwayda to carry out a campaign of sectarian massacres of civilians and attacks on Druze cultural symbols.

Thousands of reports, pictures, and videos have circulated online showing Druze civilians being executed, beheaded, kidnapped, and abused by government and tribal fighters.

SOHR reported on 20 July that Syrian forces and affiliated tribal militias killed 427 Druze fighters and 298 civilians, including 194 who were “executed in the field by members of the Ministries of Defense and Interior.”

At least 70 Druze, including men, women, and children, were also abducted by Sharaa’s forces.

In contrast, 354 members of the Ministry of Defense and the General Security Service [Jolani’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham terrorists] were killed by Druze fighters, in addition to 21 members of Bedouin fighters, including three civilians who were “executed in the field” by Druze militants.

The Cradle Media report