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title="Alawite">Alawite</a> rebels<br /><b>Supported by</b>:<br /> • <a href="/wiki/Arab_Kingdom_of_Syria" title="Arab Kingdom of Syria">Arab Kingdom of Syria</a><br /> • <a href="/wiki/Hananu_Revolt" title="Hananu Revolt">Northern Syrian rebels</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/French_Third_Republic" title="French Third Republic"><img alt="French Third Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_France_%281794%E2%80%931815%2C_1830%E2%80%931974%2C_2020%E2%80%93present%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281794%E2%80%931815%2C_1830%E2%80%931974%2C_2020%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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War</span></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b>Engagements</b> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Syrian Coastal Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hananu_Revolt" title="Hananu Revolt">Aleppo Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maysalun" title="Battle of Maysalun">Maysalun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Damascus_(1920)" title="Capture of Damascus (1920)">Damascus</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Spillover</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Katzrin_(1920)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Katzrin (1920) (page does not exist)">Katzrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tel_Hai" title="Battle of Tel Hai">Tel Hai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samakh_raid_(1920)" title="Samakh raid (1920)">Samakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Nebi_Musa_riots" title="1920 Nebi Musa riots">Jerusalem</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>Alawite revolt</b> (also called the <b>Shaykh Saleh al-Ali Revolt</b>) was a rebellion, led by Shaykh <a href="/wiki/Saleh_al-Ali" title="Saleh al-Ali">Saleh al-Ali</a> against the French authorities of the <a href="/wiki/Occupied_Enemy_Territory_Administration" title="Occupied Enemy Territory Administration">Occupied Enemy Territory Administration</a> and later as part of the <a href="/wiki/Franco-Syrian_War" title="Franco-Syrian War">Franco-Syrian War</a> against the newly established <a href="/wiki/French_Mandate_for_Syria_and_the_Lebanon" class="mw-redirect" title="French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon">French Mandate of Syria</a>, primarily in the coastal <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Coastal_Mountain_Range" title="Syrian Coastal Mountain Range">Jabal Ansariyah</a> mountain range. The revolt was one of the first acts of armed resistance against the French forces in Syria, and its leader, Shaykh Saleh, declared his allegiance to the provisional <a href="/wiki/Arab_Kingdom_of_Syria" title="Arab Kingdom of Syria">Arab government</a> in Damascus. He coordinated with the leaders of other anti-French revolts in the country, including the <a href="/wiki/Hananu_Revolt" title="Hananu Revolt">revolt</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Hananu" title="Ibrahim Hananu">Ibrahim Hananu</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a> countryside and <a href="/wiki/Subhi_Barakat" class="mw-redirect" title="Subhi Barakat">Subhi Barakat</a>'s revolt in <a href="/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antioch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Moubayed363-364_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moubayed363-364-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alawite_revolt_of_1919&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the withdrawal of <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> troops from the coastal city of <a href="/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia">Latakia</a> in October 1918 as a result of the advance of <a href="/wiki/Triple_Entente" title="Triple Entente">Entente</a> forces and the Arab <a href="/wiki/Sharifian_army" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharifian army">Sharifian army</a> into Syria, members of Latakia's <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni Muslim">Sunni Muslim</a> elite established a provisional administration whose authority was, in effect, limited to the city. The Latakian administration declared its allegiance to the <a href="/wiki/Hashemites" title="Hashemites">Hashemite</a> leader of the Sharifian army, Emir <a href="/wiki/Faisal_I_of_Iraq" title="Faisal I of Iraq">Faisal</a>, who established a provisional government based in <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Coastal_Mountain_Range" title="Syrian Coastal Mountain Range">Jabal Ansariyah</a> mountain range east of Latakia and the coastal cities, a chaotic state of affairs prevailed, with several <a href="/wiki/Alawite" class="mw-redirect" title="Alawite">Alawite</a> militias controlling the region, which was predominantly inhabited by Alawite Muslims. In early November, a French military contingent landed in Latakia, dismissed the city's provisional government, assumed control over the city and laid claims to the rest of Syria.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury100_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury100-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The catalyst of the Alawite Revolt was an attempt by the French military authorities to arbitrate disputes between the Alawite and <a href="/wiki/Ismailism" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismailism">Ismaili</a> leaders of the <a href="/wiki/Al-Qadmus" title="Al-Qadmus">al-Qadmus</a> area in Jabal Ansariyah.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury100_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury100-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to historian Dick Douwes, the conflict in al-Qadmus "cannot readily be attributed to class or sectarian factors" due to the "clannish nature of local politics" in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Douwes32_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Douwes32-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conflict began when a new set of leaders in the vicinity of al-Qadmus emerged in the aftermath of the Ottoman withdrawal and challenged the traditional authority of the town's Ismaili emirs. The new leadership consisted of Ismailis, including the sons of some emirs, and local Alawites. Tensions between the two sides escalated when an Ismaili man killed the son of a leader of the Alawite Khayyatin tribe. The Khayyatin mobilized against the Ismaili emirs after they did not pay the traditional <a href="/wiki/Blood_money_(restitution)" title="Blood money (restitution)">blood money</a> to compensate for the killing. After a failed mediation attempt by Alawite sheikhs from <a href="/wiki/Masyaf" title="Masyaf">Masyaf</a>, the Khayyatin and allied Alawite clans launched an attack against the Ismailis of al-Qadmus in March 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-Douwes33_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Douwes33-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1919, intensifying disputes regarding land and livestock between the Sunni Muslim and Ismaili residents of the fortress village of <a href="/wiki/Khawabi" title="Khawabi">Khawabi</a>, prompted the Sunni Muslims to invite Alawite clans to assault the Ismailis there. About 100 residents were killed in the ensuing fighting and thousands more Ismailis fled to the port city of <a href="/wiki/Tartus" title="Tartus">Tartus</a>. Alawite militias also launched raids against <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Orthodox Christian">Greek Orthodox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maronites" title="Maronites">Maronite</a>-dominated villages in the Tartus area.<sup id="cite_ref-Douwes33_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Douwes33-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> French representatives, who Douwes described as "ill-informed" about politics in the area,<sup id="cite_ref-Douwes33_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Douwes33-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> attempted to negotiate with the Alawite chiefs involved in the conflict, including Shaykh <a href="/wiki/Saleh_al-Ali" title="Saleh al-Ali">Saleh al-Ali</a>. Shaykh Saleh was a locally respected 35-year-old Alawite landowner and religious <a href="/wiki/Sheikh" title="Sheikh">shaykh</a> popularly known for his resistance to Ottoman intervention into the affairs of Jabal Ansariyah's inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury100_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury100-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> French arbitration proved unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-Douwes33_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Douwes33-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prelude">Prelude</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alawite_revolt_of_1919&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Prelude"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shaykh Saleh was determined to prevent foreign interference in the affairs of Jabal Ansariyah and saw the Arab government in Damascus as much less of a threat to his authority than the French.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury100_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury100-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The attempted French intervention lent the conflict "anti-colonial and nationalistic features", according to Douwes.<sup id="cite_ref-Douwes33_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Douwes33-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These were contributing factors to Shaykh Saleh's declaration of allegiance to Emir Faisal and the announcement of solidarity with the growing <a href="/wiki/Arab_nationalism" title="Arab nationalism">Arab nationalist movement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury100_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury100-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 December 1918,<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa282_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa282-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shaykh Saleh called for a meeting of twelve prominent Alawite notables in the town of <a href="/wiki/Al-Shaykh_Badr" title="Al-Shaykh Badr">al-Shaykh Badr</a>. Shaykh Saleh called the meeting in response to news that French military forces were occupying the Syrian coast and were moving to assert their control over the mountains.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury100_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury100-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shaykh Saleh alerted the attendees at the meeting that the French had already occupied the Syrian coast with the intention of separating the region from the rest of the country, tearing up the flags of the Arabs and urged them to revolt and expel the French from Syria.<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa282_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa282-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He succeeded in persuading the attending Shaykhs to contribute fighters to his guerrilla army and confront the French.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury100_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury100-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Revolt">Revolt</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alawite_revolt_of_1919&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Revolt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_clash">First clash</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alawite_revolt_of_1919&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First clash"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the French authorities heard of the meeting hosted by Shaykh Saleh, they sent a force from al-Qadmus to al-Shaykh Badr in order to arrest Shaykh Saleh. Shaykh Saleh and his men ambushed the force at the village of <a href="/wiki/Niha,_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Niha, Syria">Niha</a>, west of <a href="/wiki/Wadi_al-Oyoun" class="mw-redirect" title="Wadi al-Oyoun">Wadi al-Oyoun</a>. The French forces were defeated and suffered more than 35 casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa282_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa282-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battles_in_al-Qadmus_and_Shaykh_Badr">Battles in al-Qadmus and Shaykh Badr</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alawite_revolt_of_1919&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Battles in al-Qadmus and Shaykh Badr"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Syria_2004_CIA_map-2010-07-09.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Syria_2004_CIA_map-2010-07-09.JPG/220px-Syria_2004_CIA_map-2010-07-09.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Syria_2004_CIA_map-2010-07-09.JPG/330px-Syria_2004_CIA_map-2010-07-09.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Syria_2004_CIA_map-2010-07-09.JPG/440px-Syria_2004_CIA_map-2010-07-09.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1004" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Map of Syria showing the Jabal Ansariyah mountain range</figcaption></figure> <p>After his victory at Niha, Shaykh Saleh began organizing his rebels into a disciplined force with a general command and military ranks. The rebel army was supported by the local population, and some women supplied water and food and substituted the men as workers in the fields.<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa282_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa282-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shaykh Saleh was also steadily gaining support from other Alawite shaykhs and Sunni Muslim notables from Latakia, <a href="/wiki/Baniyas" title="Baniyas">Baniyas</a>, Tartus, <a href="/wiki/Al-Haffah" title="Al-Haffah">al-Haffah</a> and elsewhere in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa283_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa283-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, small bands of Ismaili militiamen, who had been in conflict with Alawite militiamen in the months preceding the revolt, assisted the French military in their attempts to stamp out armed rebellion in the coastal mountains.<sup id="cite_ref-Douwes33_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Douwes33-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later on, Shaykh Saleh turned against the Ismailis, assaulting them at al-Qadmus, the Khawabi area and Masyaf. The French authorities rushed to the Ismailis' aid and attacked Shaykh Saleh's forces on 21 February 1919, but they were defeated again.<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa282_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa282-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result prompted the British general <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Allenby" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Allenby">Edmund Allenby</a> to intervene by requesting Shaykh Saleh cease hostilities and retreat from al-Shaykh Badr. Shaykh Saleh replied positively, but demanded that French forces maintain at least an hour-long distance from al-Shaykh Badr, a demand the French did not accept. Instead, the French took positions in the mountains, installed cannons and began shelling the villages of al-Shaykh Badr and <a href="/wiki/Al-Rastan" title="Al-Rastan">al-Rastan</a> further east in the plains. The ensuing fighting continued on into the night and resulted in the French Army's third defeat to Shaykh Saleh. In the aftermath, Shaykh Saleh once again led an assault against the Ismailis of al-Qadmus, plundering the town and burning Ismaili religious books and manuscripts in the public square. The Ismailis recaptured al-Qadmus in a counterattack on 17 April.<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa282_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa282-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1919, in retaliation to French attacks against rebel positions, Shaykh Saleh attacked and occupied several Ismaili villages that were allied to the French. A truce was subsequently concluded between Shaykh Saleh and the French,<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa282_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa282-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by then, Shaykh Saleh's forces were in full control of Jabal Ansariyah.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury100_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury100-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the French breached the truce by occupying and burning the rebel village of <a href="/wiki/Kaff_al-Jaa" title="Kaff al-Jaa">Kaf al-Jaz</a>. Shaykh Saleh retaliated by attacking and occupying al-Qadmus from which the French conducted their military operations against him.<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa282_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa282-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the assistance of the Committee of National Defense units from <a href="/wiki/Hama" title="Hama">Hama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Homs" title="Homs">Homs</a>, Shaykh Saleh subsequently opened a military camp in al-Qadmus to train recruits.<sup id="cite_ref-Gelvin322_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gelvin322-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Events outside of Jabal Ansariyah contributed to the success of Shaykh Saleh's rebel movement. The two major events were the popular revolt in <a href="/wiki/Talkalakh" title="Talkalakh">Talkalakh</a>, a major town just southeast of the mountain, led by the Dandashi clan, and an offensive by the Turkish irregular forces of <a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk" title="Mustafa Kemal Atatürk">Mustafa Kemal</a> against the French in Latakia.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury100_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury100-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dandashi-led revolt in Talkalakh was backed by the Committee of National Defense units from Homs and <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Lebanon" title="Tripoli, Lebanon">Tripoli</a> and armed volunteers from Damascus led by <a href="/wiki/Druze" title="Druze">Druze</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Sultan_al-Atrash" title="Sultan al-Atrash">Sultan al-Atrash</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gelvin322_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gelvin322-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rebels in Talkalkah forced the French garrison in that city to withdraw further away from Jabal Ansariyah to Tripoli in the summer of 1919. Meanwhile, the Turkish offensive against Latakia around the same time was halted by a small French force north of the city,<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury100_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury100-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but served to distract French forces from fully concentrating on Shaykh Saleh's rebels.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury101_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury101-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For an entire year after July 1919, French military forces were unable to assert control over Jabal Ansariyah.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury101_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury101-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 February 1920, Shaykh Saleh attacked a French depot in the port city of Tartus,<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa283_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa283-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gelvin322_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gelvin322-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but a French naval counterattack forced his retreat. On 3 April, well into the <a href="/wiki/Franco-Syrian_War" title="Franco-Syrian War">Franco-Syrian War</a>, the French attacked Shaykh Saleh, inflicting heavy casualties and damage against his force, but Shaykh Saleh's counterattack drove the French out of the villages they had previously conquered.<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa283_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa283-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the summer of 1920, the senior French general in Syria, <a href="/wiki/Henri_Gouraud_(French_general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Henri Gouraud (French general)">Henri Gouraud</a>, renewed preparations to take over Jabal Ansariyah and the rest of Syria. Gouraud secured a truce with Mustafa Kemal in May and approached Shaykh Saleh to make a truce on 12 June. Shaykh Saleh did not accept the truce and a week prior to the negotiations of 12 June, he had met with General <a href="/wiki/Yusuf_al-%27Azma" class="mw-redirect" title="Yusuf al-'Azma">Yusuf al-'Azma</a> of Faisal's makeshift Arab Army, who requested that Shaykh Saleh continue his resistance against the French military. Shaykh Saleh also received material military support from the Haroun and Shraytih families, which were the two most prominent Sunni Muslim clans of Latakia, and their militias, in addition to similar aid from Faisal's government and Turkish irregulars from southern Anatolia. With this support, Shaykh Saleh opted to continue the armed struggle, despite the defections of some of his partisans and Alawite rivals, all of whom were bribed to drop their support of the revolt by French liaison officers.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury101_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury101-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Suppression">Suppression</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alawite_revolt_of_1919&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Suppression"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The balance of power began to shift in favor of the French when they conquered Damascus and brought an end to the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Kingdom_of_Syria" title="Arab Kingdom of Syria">Arab Kingdom of Syria</a>, a day after defeating al-'Azma's makeshift army at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maysalun" title="Battle of Maysalun">Battle of Maysalun</a> on 24 July 1920. Following the Arab Army defeat at Maysalun, Shaykh Saleh sought to consolidate his position and attacked the French and Ismailis at Maysaf.<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa283_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa283-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the setback of losing the Arab government as a source of support, arms and funds, which hindered the progress of the revolt, Shaykh Saleh's rebellion received a boost from the opening of a major front in the <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a> countryside northeast of Jabal Ansariyah. A <a href="/wiki/Hananu_Revolt" title="Hananu Revolt">revolt led by Ibrahim Hananu</a> had been present there for months, but was intensified following the French occupation of Aleppo on 23 July. The rebel bands in the Aleppo countryside and their operations against the French helped to alleviate pressure from Shaykh Saleh's rebels in the mountains. It also served as a new source of military aid and "much needed moral support", according to historian Phillip S. Khoury.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury101_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury101-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 November 1920, Gouraud mounted a full-fledged campaign against Shaykh Saleh's forces in Jabal Ansariyah, first attempting to assault Shaykh Saleh's forces at <a href="/wiki/Ayn_Qadib" title="Ayn Qadib">Ayn Qadib</a> near Qadmus, but without success. They then entered Shaykh Saleh's village of al-Shaykh Badr facing no resistance and arrested many Alawite notables, a number of whom were executed or imprisoned. Shaykh Saleh managed to evade arrest and fled to the north, with French forces in pursuit.<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa283_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa283-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 February 1921, Shaykh Saleh made official contact with <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Hananu" title="Ibrahim Hananu">Ibrahim Hananu</a> in order to obtain military assistance. The two men also issued a joint letter to the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> calling for Syria's independence and freedom in line with the League's charter and US President <a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Fourteen_Points" title="Fourteen Points">Fourteen Points</a> proposal.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury101_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury101-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shaykh Saleh's rebels launched further raids against the French between the winter of 1920 and the early spring of 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury102_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury102-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Documents from the Turkish Military archives (ATASE) show that Salih al-'Ali was directly in contact with the Kemalists for the purpose of receiving weapons. The French military claimed he was taking orders directly from Turkish "headquarters".<sup id="cite_ref-Winter_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winter-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Turkish aid came to a halt following renewed peace talks between Mustafa Kemal and the French. Meanwhile, a French force consisting of three <a href="/wiki/Column_(formation)" title="Column (formation)">columns</a> was assembled and surrounded Shaykh Saleh's positions from Latakia and Baniyas in the west and <a href="/wiki/Hama" title="Hama">Hama</a> in the east. Between April and May 1921, several engagements between the French and Shaykh Saleh's rebels gave French forces the military edge, but with heavy French casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury102_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury102-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 15 June, French forces overran Shaykh Saleh's positions in the northern mountains, but Shaykh Saleh evaded capture again and consequently went into hiding.<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa283_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa283-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the summer, the French military was in control of Jabal Ansariyah.<sup id="cite_ref-Khoury102_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khoury102-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alawite_revolt_of_1919&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A French <a href="/wiki/Court-martial" title="Court-martial">court-martial</a> in Latakia sentenced Shaykh Saleh to death <i><a href="/wiki/Trial_in_absentia" title="Trial in absentia">in absentia</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Moubayed_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moubayed-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and offered a reward of 100,000 francs for information on his whereabouts, but the latter effort did not succeed. After the French gave up trying to capture Shaykh Saleh, a pardon was issued by General Gouraud.<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa283_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa283-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, after roughly one year of hiding, Shaykh Saleh surrendered to French general <a href="/wiki/Gaston_Billotte" title="Gaston Billotte">Gaston Billotte</a>. In response to a question by Billotte asking Shaykh Saleh why he ultimately surrendered, Shaykh Saleh told him "By God, if I only had ten armed men left to fight, I would not have quit."<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa283_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa283-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shaykh Saleh died at his home in 1950,<sup id="cite_ref-Moosa283_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moosa283-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> four years after Syria's independence from French rule. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alawite_revolt_of_1919&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sultan_al-Atrash" title="Sultan al-Atrash">Sultan al-Atrash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasan_al-Kharrat" title="Hasan al-Kharrat">Hasan al-Kharrat</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alawite_revolt_of_1919&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Moubayed363-364-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Moubayed363-364_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moubayed 2006, pp. 363-364.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Khoury, p. 99.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Khoury100-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Khoury100_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Khoury100_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Khoury100_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Khoury100_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Khoury100_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Khoury100_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Khoury100_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Khoury100_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Khoury100_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Khoury100_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Khoury, p. 100.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Douwes32-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Douwes32_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Douwes, ed. Daftary 2011, p. 32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Douwes33-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Douwes33_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Douwes33_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Douwes33_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Douwes33_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Douwes33_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Douwes33_5-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Douwes, ed. Daftary 2011, p. 33.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Moosa282-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa282_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa282_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa282_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa282_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa282_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa282_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa282_6-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa282_6-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Moosa 1987, p. 282.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Moosa283-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa283_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa283_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa283_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa283_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa283_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa283_7-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa283_7-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa283_7-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moosa283_7-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Moosa 1987, p. 283.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gelvin322-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Gelvin322_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gelvin322_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gelvin322_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGelvin1998" class="citation book cs1">Gelvin, James L. 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/></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conflicts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1919 revolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco-Syrian_War" title="Franco-Syrian War">Franco-Syrian War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maysalun" title="Battle of Maysalun">Battle of Maysalun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Damascus_(1920)" title="Capture of Damascus (1920)">Capture of Damascus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hananu_Revolt" title="Hananu Revolt">Hananu Revolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Syrian_Revolt" title="Great Syrian Revolt">1925–1927 revolt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epic_of_Ain_Albu_Gomaa" title="Epic of Ain Albu Gomaa">Epic of Ain Albu Gomaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Salkhad" title="Capture of Salkhad">Capture of Salkhad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Kafr" title="Battle of al-Kafr">Battle of al-Kafr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Mazraa" title="Battle of al-Mazraa">Battle of al-Mazraa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Musayfirah" title="Battle of al-Musayfirah">Battle of al-Musayfirah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Hama_uprising" title="1925 Hama uprising">1925 Hama uprising</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Syrian_general_strike" title="1936 Syrian general strike">1936 general strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_campaign" title="Syria–Lebanon campaign">Syria–Lebanon campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levant_Crisis" title="Levant Crisis">Levant Crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Treaties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement" title="Sykes–Picot Agreement">Sykes–Picot Agreement</a> (1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paulet%E2%80%93Newcombe_Agreement" title="Paulet–Newcombe Agreement">Paulet–Newcombe Agreement</a> (1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco-Syrian_Treaty_of_Independence" title="Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence">Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence</a> (1936)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Syrian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_al-Azma" title="Yusuf al-Azma">Yusuf al-Azma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saleh_al-Ali" title="Saleh al-Ali">Saleh al-Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Hananu" title="Ibrahim Hananu">Ibrahim Hananu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hashim_al-Atassi" title="Hashim al-Atassi">Hashim al-Atassi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Bey_Barmada" title="Mustafa Bey Barmada">Mustafa Bey Barmada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shukri_al-Quwatli" title="Shukri al-Quwatli">Shukri al-Quwatli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_al-Azm" title="Khalid al-Azm">Khalid al-Azm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar%27i_Pasha_al-Mallah" title="Mar'i Pasha al-Mallah">Mar'i Pasha al-Mallah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamil_Mardam_Bey" title="Jamil Mardam Bey">Jamil Mardam Bey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamil_Pasha_al-Qudsi" title="Kamil Pasha al-Qudsi">Kamil Pasha al-Qudsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultan_al-Atrash" title="Sultan al-Atrash">Sultan al-Atrash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saadallah_al-Jabiri" title="Saadallah al-Jabiri">Saadallah al-Jabiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haqqi_al-Azm" title="Haqqi al-Azm">Haqqi al-Azm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayyash_Al-Haj" title="Ayyash 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