The Jahannam (Hell) Cannon was first manufactured in 2012 in the Idlib countryside, by the insurgent group Ahrar al-Shamal Brigade.[1] It was specifically designed for shelling the town of al-Foua.[3] It was manufactured at a plant owned by Abu Adnan al-Idlibi in the town of Binnish.[3] Manufacture of the cannon moved to Aleppo after Khaled Hayani – leader of the Badr Martyrs' Brigade – appropriated the design.[3] It was first noted by the press in May 2013, by Brown Moses.[4]