Al-Bayadah ( ar, البياضة, sometimes spelled ''Al-Bayada'' or ''Bayyada'') is a quarter of

Homs Homs ( , , , ; ar, حِمْص / ALA-LC: ; Levantine Arabic: / ''Ḥomṣ'' ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa ( ; grc, Ἔμεσα, Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level ...

, the capital of

Homs Governorate Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographical ...

. In 2004 it had a population of 35,000.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. While under the control of the

Free Syrian Army The Free Syrian Army (FSA) ( ar, الجيش السوري الحر, al-jaysh as-Sūrī al-ḥur) is a loose faction in the Syrian Civil War founded on 29 July 2011 by officers of the Syrian Armed Forces with the goal of bringing down the governm ...

and under attack by government forces, the neighbourhood was the site of one of the first

chemical weapons A chemical weapon (CW) is a specialized Ammunition, munition that uses chemicals chemical engineering, formulated to inflict death or harm on humans. According to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), this can be an ...

attacks of the Syrian Civil War on 23 December 2012, in which approximately 100 residents were killed, most likely by Agent 15.

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Neighborhoods of Homs {{HomsSY-geo-stub