Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Basil Al-Sayed te kairipoata whakamutunga i mate i te tau 2011, i patua i te 29 o Tihema e tetahi kaipatu i te taone nui o Homs. Kua whakapumautia e te Rōpū Arapi, kua kitea te kāwanatanga o Hiria e whakamahi ana i ngā kaipatu ki te hunga whakakeke i ētahi atu wāhi i Daraa. Ko te pupuhi o Al-Sayed i puta i te waahanga Bab Amr o Homs. Ko te tāone tētahi o ngā
ngā wāhi wera mō ngā whakaeke ki te kāwanatanga o Bashar al-Assad i te tau 2011. I te wiki whakamutunga o te tau, i whakaekehia te rohe o Bab Amr e te ope taua o Hiria, a, i kaha te tutu.