Syrian History

Events

Afif Halbuni, president of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce, with nationalist leaders at his residence in Damascus on September	Sultan Pasha al-Atrash (1885-1982), commander of the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927.
Abd al-Ghaffar al-Atrash, one of the most senior commanders of the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927.	Druze warriors preparing to go to battle with Sultan Pasha al-Atrash in 1925.
Dr Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar in Bedouin uniform during the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927.	Mohammad Ashmar (1892-1960) who co-lead the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927 with Atrash and Shahbandar.
Nasib al-Bakri (1888-1966), one of the leaders from Damascus who co-planned and executed the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927.	Dead bodies of the Syrian rebels, killed by the French Army in 1925, and placed in Marjeh Square.
Dead bodies of the Syrian rebels, pilled by the French Army at the Marjeh Square during the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927.	The corpse of Fakhri Hasan al-Kharrat, a commander of the Syrian Revolt, hanged in public at the Marjeh Square in Damascus in Oc
The corpse of three members of the Syrian resistence, hanged in Marjeh Square during the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927.	French barricades erected in Damascus in October 1925 to seal off, and protect, the Christian quarters of the city while France
Locals gather around the bodies of Syrian fighters, killed by the French Army during combat, and thrown in the Marjeh Square in	Damascus in flames as the result of the French air raid on October 18, 1925.
Ruins in Damascus after the air raid on the Syrian capital on October 18, 1925.	The Azm Palace in Damascus, set ablaze by the French air raid on October 18, 1925.
The home of Nasib al-Bakri, a rebel leader from Damascus, in ruins after the French air raid of October 18, 1925.	Shawkat al-Aidi, one of the heroes of the Syrian Revolt who was killed by the French in 1925.
Prime Minister Ahmad Nami (1879-1960), who presided over ending the final stages of the Syrian Revolt in 1926-1927.	The official letter, signed by Ahmad Nami, announcing the creation of his first cabinet on May 5, 1926.

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