Death toll from southern Syria violence rises to 248

At least 248 people have been killed in southern Syria’s Sweida province following several days of clashes that triggered the deployment of government forces, a war monitor said, Report informs via The Times of Israel.

The toll includes 92 members of the Druze minority, 28 of them civilians with 21 “killed in summary executions by government forces,” according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

At least 138 Syrian security personnel were killed, along with 18 allied Bedouin fighters, the monitor said.

Israel carried out strikes on Syrian forces yesterday and warned it will strike again unless they withdraw from Sweida.