Air force intelligence and military intelligence, two important security compounds in the city, were also located in the nearby Ghazi Ayyash district, and came within the range of rebel rocket-propelled grenades.
市内の空軍諜報部と軍情報部の２つの重要な治安施設もGhazi Ayyash地区付近に位置しており、反体制派のRPGの射程圏内にあった。