Hikmat al-Hijri calls for autonomous zone in Sweida – Middle East Monitor

A Syrian government official said on Sunday that Hikmat al-Hijri, a leading Druze religious figure in the southern province of Sweida, is calling for the establishment of an “autonomous zone”.

The remarks came during a closed discussion between the unnamed official and a group of journalists regarding the humanitarian situation in Sweida.

The official noted that hundreds of individuals whose identities could not be verified were buried in mass graves…