Aslim emphasized that the museum was not a private collection, but a collective heritage, representing Suwayda’s cultural memory. It contained valuable artifacts linked to leaders of the Great Syrian Revolt, including Dhouqan al-Atrash, Abu Ghaleb Zeid, Abu Ali Mustafa al-Atrash, Mohammad Bek Kiwan, and Pasha Hamza Darwish.

He appealed to the UN Office for Cultural Heritage Protection and international human rights and humanitarian organizations to intervene urgently to safeguard these items, describing them as part of humanity’s shared heritage, not mere personal property.

Aslim also called on Syrian expatriates and the Druze community, particularly those with financial means, to help recover these rare pieces, warning that any delay would mean an irreplaceable historical loss and that the artifacts are at risk of being lost or smuggled if immediate action is not taken.

He concluded:

“Protecting this heritage is a human and international duty. Any negligence or delay is complicity in erasing the identity and history of an entire community.”

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Members Jihadists of the de facto authority not only looted, vandalized, and ransacked the museum of Mr. Shadi Aslim (Abu Fahd), but also set fire to his home after stealing its contents during the terrorist attack on Suwayda City. Mr. Aslim was also robbed of his personal belongings, including cash and his wife’s jewelry.

This crime is part of a series of systematic violations targeting civilian homes, carried out by the General Security and Ministry of Defense forces of the de facto authority, along with extremist tribal militias, as part of a sectarian campaign aimed at religious-ethnic cleansing.