The UN Security Council condemns violence against members of the Alawite religious community perpetrated by HTS-affiliated militants in Syria’s southwestern province of Suweida.

Israeli forces have advanced into several towns and villages in Syria’s southwestern Quneitra province, in the latest violation of the Arab nation’s sovereignty.

Massacres against Alawites, Druze, and Christians have skyrocketed since former Daesh commander al-Jolani became president in December.

The UN warns that more than 190,000 people have been displaced in southwestern Syria since last month, amid sectarian clashes and subsequent violent regime interventions.

Syrians have staged demonstrations across several areas, condemning the recent mass killings of Alawites as well as Israel’s intervention in the Arab nation.

HTS-linked militants tortured eight detainees to death in southern Syria last month, reports a war monitor.

HTS regime foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani and Israeli minister of strategic affairs Ron Dermer will meet in Baku on Thursday.

Shocking footage circulating on social media has revealed the brutal execution of unarmed Druze civilians by armed elements affiliated with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the southern Syrian province of Sweida. 

The United Nations special envoy for Syria voices concern about use of force and accounts of extensive violations in the Arab country.

The Higher Alawite Islamic Council has dismissed the HTS probe into deadly southern Syria clashes, warning of sectarian divide in the Arab nation.