The terrorists in the Bab Siba district of Homs film themselves using the civilian district and the occupants as human shields from which to mount attacks on Syrian security forces, claiming that they can attack the security, but the security must not attack them because they are in a residential area since that is wrong?! The Free Syrian Army and Al-Qaeda are working together in Syria to violently overthrow the regime with little insight over what would happen if they succeeded. Of course the civilians in this game are the victims.

Similarly, Baba Amr before its recent liberation came to resemble the terrorist dens of Fallujah city in Iraq which were very similarly liberated by the US army.