The epic battle of Ain Albu Gomaa was a military operation carried out by revolutionary groups in the city of Deir Ezzor in early June 1925 against the French forces during the Great Syrian Revolution
Hassan Al-Abed Al-Salamah, the moment of his execution by the French occupation
French General Maurice Sarrail, The High Commissioner of the French Mandate of Syria
Abu Muhammad Hasan al-Kharrat was a Syrian revolutionary and one of the principal rebel commanders of the Great Syrian Revolt against the French Mandate. His main area of operations was in Damascus an
Hasan al-Kharrat
A street scene in the al-Shaghour quarter of Damascus, 1910. Al-Kharrat lived in al-Shaghour and served as its qabaday (local youths boss) and the night watchman of its orchards.
Rebels in the Ghouta commanded by Druze sheikh Izz al-Din al-Halabi (standing fifth from left), 1925. Al-Kharrat's rebels mainly operated in the Ghouta.