Armoured cars had patrolled streets in Karak , traditional bastion of communist ideology and Baath socialism that swept the region in the 1950s , and guarded entrances to the hill-top city famed for its Crusader castle before the prayers .
<response> Armoured cars had patrolled streets in <location>Karak</location> , traditional bastion of communist ideology and <misc>Baath</misc> socialism that swept the region in the 1950s , and guarded entrances to the hill-top city famed for its Crusader castle before the prayers . </response>