Syria forms committee to investigate Sweida violence

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syria has pledged to investigate clashes in the southern province of Sweida which killed hundreds of people last month -the second major episode of sectarian violence since the ouster of longtime Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.

In a decree dated July 31, justice minister Muzher al-Wais said a committee of seven people – including judges, lawyers and a military official – would look into the circumstances that led to the “events in Sweida” and report back within three…