During the brutal assault carried out by the General Security and the Ministry of Defense under the command of the terrorist government of al-Jolani, and with the participation of allied tribal militias, members of the Al-Badr family and their neighbors sought refuge in their guesthouse in an attempt to escape certain death.

They were unarmed civilians with no means of defense. In desperation, they locked the main gate to keep the assailants out. The attackers stormed the house by hurling grenades and breaking down the door.

🔴 The women were forcibly stripped of their clothes, humiliated, and forced to kneel together in one corner, while their phones and gold jewelry were looted. The perpetrators asked if all present were Druze; upon hearing “yes,” they dragged the men outside, forced them to kneel, and subjected them to severe torture and beatings as the women screamed in terror. One of the attackers told the women: “Whoever cries will lose her life.” Moments later, the men were executed by gunfire.

Among the martyrs were Ziad Badr and his father Saeed Badr, an elderly man (80 years old) who was shot point-blank in the eye after attempting to speak to the assailants. Another victim, Shadi, was slaughtered by having his throat slit.

After committing the massacre, the perpetrators chanted religious slogans, hurled grenades at the women, and fled the scene.

☑️ The toll was devastating: 16 members of the Al-Badr family were killed, along with their guests, raising the total number of martyrs to 23 civilians.

✒️ This atrocity constitutes a massacre, extrajudicial execution, torture, and gender-based violence — crimes that unequivocally fall under the scope of crimes against humanity and demand urgent international accountability.

The father and the wife of martyr Amjad Badr recounted what happened inside the Al-Badr guesthouse in Suwayda, following the barbaric assault carried out by jihadist members of the General Security and the Ministry of Defense of the de facto authority, alongside allied tribal militias.

The wife testified:

“They killed so many… they humiliated the men… they made no distinction between young or old.”

Regarding what occurred inside the guesthouse, she confirmed that the women were gathered in one room, silenced at gunpoint, unable to utter a word. Meanwhile, the men were dragged outside — men, elders, and even children among them — and executed one by one with a single bullet to the head.

The father of the martyr added:

“Before entering the guesthouse, they threw grenades and fired bullets… and we were inside without a single weapon! Around 45 women were inside with children… Many men were executed that day!”

The wife continued:

“If only they had taken everything we owned and left us alive… They were human monsters who came upon us in a way beyond description.”

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