By late April 2012, irrespective of a cease-fireplace staying declared in the complete nation, large battling continued in Al-Qusayr, where by rebel forces controlled the northern aspect of the city, when the armed forces held the southern part. It was described on 28 June that the opposition practically solely controlled the metropolis of Deir ez-Zor, while the government military experienced shelled it, seeking to consider it back again.