Houla

Hula (also Al- Hula or Haula, Arabic الحولة, DMG al - Hula ) is a group of settlements in the Syrian province of Homs. Hula consists of four settlements. The inhabitants are predominantly Sunnis in Hula. Nearby are three of Alawites and Shiites of an inhabited village.

End of May 2012 it was used during the uprising in Syria in one of the settlements on the massacre of Hula to residents. The media reports of 116 dead, including 34 children, and 300 injured. Beginning in June 2012 could witness statements regional opposition to the course of events doubts about the guilt of the regime arise. The victims had been almost exclusively members of those considered loyal to the regime Alawite minority. These reports contradict the mirror, the reporter was told by Hula on site by the penetration of the Assad troops. In Hula live according to these data only Sunnis and Alawites not loyal to the regime.