 Property in the County of Tripoli , granted to the Knights Templar in the <unk> , included the Castle of the Kurds , the towns of <unk> and <unk> , and the <unk> <unk> plain separating Homs and Tripoli . Homs was never under Crusader control , so the region around the Castle of the Kurds was vulnerable to expeditions from the city . While its proximity caused the Knights problems with regard to defending their territory , it also meant Homs was close enough for them to raid . Because of the castle 's command of the plain , it became the Knights ' most important base in the area . 
