Baba Amr district

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urban district

Baba Amr district is a neighborhood in the Syrian city of Homs that became internationally known as a focal point of intense fighting and destruction during the early years of the Syrian civil war.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Khalidiya district	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	urban district ⓘ
associatedWith	Homs uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Syrian civil war NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
damageLevel	severely damaged during bombardment ⓘ
governingAuthorityBeforeWar	Syrian Arab Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation	34.69°N 36.68°E (approximate) ⓘ
hasLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
knownFor	extensive destruction during the Syrian civil war ⓘ heavy fighting during the early Syrian civil war ⓘ
locatedIn	Homs NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Homs Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ Eastern European Time ⓘ
majorityReligion	Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive international media attention in 2012 ⓘ
militaryTacticUsedAgainst	artillery shelling ⓘ ground assault ⓘ
notableIncident	killing of journalists Marie Colvin and Rémi Ochlik nearby in Homs in 2012 ⓘ
partOf	city of Homs NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakOfSiege	early 2012 ⓘ
postConflictStatus	largely depopulated and damaged after 2012 offensive ⓘ
region	Western Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInConflict	opposition stronghold in early Syrian uprising ⓘ
securityStatusEarly2012	contested between government and opposition forces ⓘ
securityStatusPreWar	under Syrian government control ⓘ
significantEvent	2012 military offensive by Syrian government forces ⓘ Siege of Homs NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTimeOfMajorClashes	2011 ⓘ
urbanCharacter	residential neighborhood ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Homs → notableArea → Baba Amr district ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khalidiya district