Baba Amr
History
Baba Amr was named after Amr ibn Abasah, who was buried in Homs. In the early 20th century, Baba Amr was a village in Orontes plain southwest of Homs. The modern district was formed largely as a result of Bedouin migration from the desert steppe east of Homs to the city's suburbs in the 1960s and 1970s. The Bedouin moved to the area due to land reforms by the Ba'athist government of leaders Salah Jadid and Hafez al-Assad which saw many semi-nomadic Bedouin settle in the suburbs of major cities. Most of Baba Amr's inhabitants self-identify as members of the Mawali and Bani Hassan tribal confederations. The inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
During the Syrian Civil War, Baba Amr was the epicentre of fighting in the 2012 Homs offensive.
References
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