Rebels seized control of the main square in the city on 4 March, and symbolically tore down a large golden statue of Syria's former president Hafez al-Assad, late father of the current president.
在3月4日，反对派武装夺取了该市主要广场，并象征性地拉倒了一尊叙利亚前总统哈菲兹·阿萨德（即现总统巴沙尔·阿萨德的父亲）的大型镀金雕像。