{"id":130842,"date":"2025-10-11T12:27:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T12:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=130842"},"modified":"2025-10-11T12:27:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T12:27:45","slug":"druze-leader-urges-un-to-open-humanitarian-corridors-to-besieged-suwayda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130842\/","title":{"rendered":"Druze leader urges UN to open humanitarian corridors to besieged Suwayda\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SUWAYDA, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>The spiritual leader of the Druze community in southern Syria, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hajri, appealed on Saturday to the international community to open humanitarian corridors to Suwayda Governorate to facilitate the entry of aid and reconnect the region with the outside world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Hajri said that residents of Suwayda \u201chave been subjected to a comprehensive blockade that 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