Abdul Rahman Orfalli was an anti-government organizer during the

Syrian revolution The Syrian revolution, also known as the Syrian Revolution of Dignity, was a series of mass protests and civilian uprisings throughout Syria – with a subsequent violent reaction by the Ba'athist regime – lasting from 15 March 2011 to 8 De ...

, who played a principal role in organizing the original demonstrations in March 2011. On 20 March 2012, he was reported to have been killed in heavy shelling by the Syrian army in an offensive on

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. The Homs Coordination Committee said heavy shelling killed Orfalli, 23. He had been arrested twice and tortured during a five-month detainment before returning to Homs to lead anti-government violence, the group said.

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