 Moreover, the gradual development and improvement of transportation infrastructure between Baniyas and its hinterland made it easier for the people of Hammam Wasel, al-Annazah and Talin to travel to Baniyas instead of al-Qadmus.In early July 2005 confessional violence broke out between some of the Ismaili and Alawite residents of al-Qadmus.The clashes were apparently started after a few young Alawite men began speaking to Ismaili women to the consternation of the latter's male relatives.