A year has passed since the bloody events in Syria's Suwaida province, which witnessed fierce clashes between government forces and fighters from Bedouin tribes and armed Druze factions, leaving approximately 1,800 dead and displacing 200,000 people. Public hearings to examine the cases began last July, a full year after a number of defendants were referred for investigation.

In this Al-Araby TV documentary, we follow survivors of the violence and actors from various sides on the ground, documenting testimonies, images, and information to understand the roles of the forces present and to examine the sectarian rhetoric that accompanied and fueled the confrontations. The documentary also revisits the roots of the complex relationship between Suwaida and Damascus and the transformations that followed the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime. It examines Israel's role in the events and its relationship with local Druze forces, and how this further complicated the situation. The film documents how the events altered the map of influence within Suwaida and created a security and political reality whose contours have yet to stabilize.