After days of bloodshed, residents of Syria’s Sweida confront devastation

Residents emerged from their homes to scenes of devastation on Thursday after government forces withdrew from the Syrian Druze-majority city of Sweida, leaving behind looted shops, burned homes and bodies littering the streets after days of violence.

“What I saw of the city looked as if it had just emerged from a flood or a natural disaster,” Hanadi Obeid, a 39-year-old doctor, told AFP.

What started as deadly clashes between local Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes on Sunday quickly escalated…