More than 1,000 people were killed and many others injured in the widespread violence between Bedouin tribes and Druze factions in the southern Syrian city of Sweida. All photos: Hasan Belal for The National
This injury victim had to be treated at Sweida's National Hospital under the flashlight of a mobile phone due to a power outage in the city.
A hospital volunteer cleans up the remains of bodies that had been kept under the sun for three days due to the violence.
Large crowds of people from Sweida gather in front of a gas station to obtain their allocations of diesel and gasoline after the siege imposed on by the Syrian government.
A doctor at the National Hospital is archiving photos of corpses to document the lives that were lost.
A group of doctors and nurses take the bus home after a long day at work.
One of the mass graves in Al Raha area of Sweida, where the Druze hijab is placed as a symbol of the people.
Burnt buildings in Al Omran roundabout area.
The name of one of the Bedouin tribes is written on a wall of a building in Al Omran roundabout area as evidence of their presence.
The aftermath of sectarian violence in Sweida - in pictures
