(16 Jul 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jaramana, Damascus, Syria – 16 July 2025
1. Wide of Mahdi Azzam walking into shop
2. Various of Azzam working
3. Mid of objects in shop, including a star in Druze flag colors
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahdi Azzam, Syrian Druze man living in Jaramana:
"Of course, my relatives and parents in Ariqa during the conflict had the women leave the village to Sweida. The men stayed in the village just in case God forbid some looters came. There is no security."
5. Various of Azzam sitting with his wife, looking through his phone
6. Mid of picture in shop
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahdi Azzam, Syrian Druze man living in Jaramana:
"My uncle is the head of a family in one of the villages, or as we say in the village, he’s an important man. He was sitting with his elderly wife. They came in and asked if he had a weapon. He said, "This is me and this is the house, search for the weapons." So they went in, stole some money, and took it with them."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Damascus, Syria – 16 July 2025
8. Various of Syrians protesting the current clashes in Sweida, carrying banners with different slogans, such as, reading (Arabic) "a Syrian shedding another Syrian’s blood is forbidden"
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sami Mahmoud, Syrian man:
"I am part of the Syrian people. And when there is an injustice to another Syrian, then I cannot stay silent if I truly consider myself a Syrian today. I’m here to say that a Syrian shedding blood of another Syrian is forbidden. This is something we have said for a long time, and we will keep on saying it."
10. Various of Syrians protesting
11. Close of woman holding a sign reading (Arabic) "we reject the Zionist attack across Syrian territories"
STORYLINE:
Druze and other Damascene residents on Wednesday expressed fear for the lives of loved ones in Sweida, rejecting further escalating violence.
Syrian government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced Wednesday a renewed ceasefire after days of clashes that have threatened to unravel the country’s postwar political transition and have drawn intervention by Syria’s powerful neighbor, Israel.
It was not immediately clear if the new agreement, announced by Syrian Interior Ministry and in a video message by a Druze religious leader, would hold.
A previous ceasefire announced the day before quickly fell apart.
Before the ceasefire was announced, protesters took to the streets in Damascus, carrying banners with different slogans, such as "a Syrian shedding another Syrian’s blood is forbidden".
Mahdi Azzam, a Syrian Druze man living in Jaramana suburb in Damascus, said that his female relatives left his village, Ariqa, for their safety.
Men of his family and other villagers stayed there in order to protect the village from looting.
"There is no security," Azzam stressed.
Sami Mohmoud, one of the protesters, said during a demonstration that all Syrians should stand united.
"I’m here to say that a Syrian shedding blood of another Syrian is forbidden. This is something we have said for a long time, and we will keep on saying it," Mohmoud added.
AP Video by Abd Al-Rahman Shaheen
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