Seven civilians were abducted from their homes in Hara Hussein Jarbou on the afternoon of 16 July 2025. Surveillance cameras captured the abduction, and their bodies were found the following day, 17 July 2025, after being executed with gunshots to the head. The attack took place in central Sweida, directly targeting unarmed civilians.

Perpetrators: The assault was carried out by the 44th Brigade of the Syrian Ministry of Defense, under the command of Colonel Binyan Al-Hariri from Daraa, as part of a series of attacks executed by forces loyal to the de-facto authority led by Ahmad Al-Joulani (HTS).

encouraging him to carry out the execution. Other footage from the same location documents:
• The abduction of women, elderly, children, and young men
• Looting and burning of commercial shops
• Use of loudspeakers broadcasting extremist sectarian chants

One of the perpetrators has been identified as Ahmad Hasan from Daraa. The attack was carried out by the 44th Brigade of the Syrian Ministry of Defense, under the command of Colonel Binyan Al-Hariri from Daraa, as part of a series of assaults conducted by forces loyal to the de-facto authority led by Ahmad Al-Joulani (HTS).

1. Mu’taz Nasr al-Din Mazhar (Abu Sultan)
2. Ragheb Al-Sayyid Ahmad – Lebanese national, from the town of Barouk, Lebanon (guest of Mu’taz from Lebanon)
3. Jamal Fadlallah Al-Ashqar (47 years old)
4. Hassan Fadlallah Al-Ashqar (52 years old)
5. Fadi Hassan Al-Ashqar (27 years old)
6. Jawad Amin Hassoun – from Jabal al-Sheikh, village of Hadr (21 years old)
7. Ayman Abd al-Ghaffar Faraj Abu Hamza – from the village of Dheebin (51 years old)

Summary:
This massacre constitutes a grave crime and violation committed by the General Security Forces, the Ministry of Defense, and allied terrorist militias, operating under the de-facto authority, during their assault on Suwayda. The 44th Brigade of the Syrian Ministry of Defense carried out an extrajudicial execution of the victims.