On July 20, angry people in the city of Homs in central Syria ripped down posters advertising concerts for two singers accused of supporting the regime of deposed president Bashar al-Assad. Syrian singer Hossam Jneed was supposed to give a concert in Homs and then several more in nearby towns, including Sadad. A man in the video calls Iskandar a “shabiha”, a term used to mean supporters of deposed president Bashar al-Assad. In late June, the Syrian Ministry of Culture cancelled the concert of another singer known to have supported the former regime. At one point in the video, Iskandar says, “I, Mohamad Iskandar, I didn’t kill anyone in Damascus, and I didn’t carry weapons in Damascus.