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'''Al-Bayadah''' ({{langx|ar|البياضة}}, sometimes spelled ''Al-Bayada'' or ''Bayyada'') is a quarter of Homs, the capital of Homs Governorate.<ref name="Map">{{cite news|title=Al-Bayadah- Wikimapia|url=http://wikimapia.org/22750533/al-Bayadah|publisher=Wikimapia}}</ref> In 2004 it had a population of 35,000.<ref name="CBS">[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-1-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120731052244/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-1-2004.htm |date=2012-07-31 }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref>

While under the control of the Free Syrian Army and under attack by government forces, the neighbourhood was the site of one of the first chemical weapons attacks of the Syrian Civil War on 23 December 2012, in which approximately 100 residents were killed, most likely by Agent 15.<ref>{{cite web|last=Harel |first=Amos |url=https://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/syrian-rebels-claim-assad-regime-uses-chemical-weapons-1.489611 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224162356/http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/syrian-rebels-claim-assad-regime-uses-chemical-weapons-1.489611 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 24, 2012 |title=Syrian rebels claim Assad regime uses chemical weapons 24 December 2012 |publisher=Haaretz.com |date=24 December 2012 |access-date=21 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rogin|first=Josh|title=Secret State Department cable: Chemical weapons used in Syria|url=http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/01/15/secret_state_department_cable_chemical_weapons_used_in_syria|access-date=16 January 2013|newspaper=Foreign Policy The Cable|date=15 January 2013}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Homs Governorate|Homs}}

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