EXTREMELY GRAPHIC! Syrian American Woman Begs Trump to Investigate Syrian Atrocities | WATCH

Stella Escobedo, a journalist and host, reported via X (@StellaEscoTV) on an American Druze woman’s urgent appeal to President Donald Trump regarding the escalating violence against the Druze minority in Syria. The woman, identified as @TheRaniaD, described herself as a proud Trump supporter and expressed alarm that her family and friends in Syria are being “hunted by jihadist forces” in what she called a “targeted campaign to wipe out a peaceful minority.”

Escobedo’s posts highlighted the woman’s frustration with the lack of attention from human rights organizations, quoting her as saying, “Where are the champions of justice? Honestly, I don’t expect anything.” The woman voiced confidence in Trump’s leadership, believing he is “the only one with the courage and power” to address the crisis.

Syrian Druze Crisis Overview

The Druze, an Arabic-speaking ethno-religious minority of approximately one million, primarily reside in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and the Israeli Golan Heights. Their faith, an offshoot of Shia Islam with unique beliefs, prohibits conversion and intermarriage, fostering a tight-knit community. In Syria, over 700,000 Druze are concentrated in Suwayda province near the Golan Heights. Historically significant, the Druze led the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial rule.

Since the December 2024 ouster of Bashar al-Assad by a rebel coalition led by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former jihadist tied to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a UN-designated terrorist group, Syria’s minorities, including the Druze, have faced heightened persecution. Sharaa, once known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani and listed on the FBI’s Most Wanted until 2024, has pledged to protect Syria’s diverse communities. However, his government, with only one Druze minister, has been accused of enabling sectarian violence. Clashes in March and April 2025 killed hundreds of Alawites and Druze, and recent violence in Suwayda, sparked by the abduction of a Druze merchant on July 13, 2025, has led to widespread looting, rape, humiliation and execution (including forcing Druze to jump off balconies to their deaths).

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), over 1,120 people have been killed in Suwayda since July 13, including 427 Druze fighters, 298 Druze civilians (194 summarily executed by government forces), 354 government soldiers, and 21 Bedouin, with three civilians executed by Druze fighters. Syrian forces, deployed to restore order, have been accused of looting, burning homes, and committing atrocities, including shaving Druze sheikhs’ mustaches, a cultural insult. A Suwayda resident, Rima, described a “bloodbath,” with bodies littering streets and gunmen targeting homes.

Israel responded with airstrikes on Damascus, including the Defense Ministry, to protect the Druze, prompting accusations from Syria’s government and some Druze in Syria and Lebanon that Israel is stoking sectarian divisions to maintain a demilitarized zone near the Golan Heights. A U.S.-brokered ceasefire on July 17, 2025, mediated by Turkey and Jordan, transferred security to Druze elders, but Druze leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri rejected it, calling for resistance.

American actions:

Trump’s May 2025 meeting with Sharaa and lifting of sanctions have drawn mixed reactions. Some Syrians, like Damascus resident George, welcomed economic relief but criticized the U.S. for potentially legitimizing a regime failing to protect minorities. Israeli Druze journalist Eman Safady, in a May 2025 Channel 13 News appearance, urged global action to protect Syrian Druze, warning of their vulnerability to forced conscription and violence.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has engaged diplomatically, condemning atrocities and urging Syrian forces to prevent jihadist massacres. He wrote "The rape and slaughter of innocent people [in Southern Syria near the border with Israel]...must end. If [Syrian] authorities...want to preserve any chance of achieving a unified, inclusive and peaceful Syria...they must help end this calamity by using their security forces to prevent ISIS and any other violent jihadists from entering the area and carrying out massacres. And they must...bring to justice anyone guilty of atrocities including those in their own ranks."

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack announced a ceasefire, calling for a unified Syrian identity. However, no other specific U.S. actions targeting the Druze crisis have been announced, leaving @TheRaniaD’s call for Trump’s intervention unanswered.

That being said, the Trump administration slammed Netanyahu for coming to help the Druze and carrying out airstrikes against regime terror targets. Some even called him unhinged.

On a positive note, humanitarian aid convoys from the Syrian Red Crescent have reached Suwayda amid shortages of food, water, and medical supplies.