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The '''Qusayri Emergency''', also known as the '''Revolution of Dignity''' (ثورة الكرامة), or the '''Anticolonial Struggle''' (النضال ضد الاستعمار), was an armed rebelion in the [[Crown Colony of Qusayr]] by {{wp|Arab People|Khatti}} locals and the !British Colonial State in Qusayr.

Revision as of 22:46, 15 February 2023

Qusayr Emergency
Part of Cold War
Wihda
Troops of 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment escort a captured Egyptian soldier on the beach at Port Said.jpg
Colonial Soldiers escorting Saadallah al-Ashari
Date3 June 1949 – 8 April 1954
(4 years and 309 days)
Location
Result

al-Hizbu Victory

Belligerents
Crown Colony of Qusayr Party for National Liberation and Popular Democracy
Fedayeen al-Shaeb
Qusayri Democratic Union
Talibani Militias
Commanders and leaders
Gov. William Henry Phayre
Gen. Andrew McAuley
Lt Gen. David Androuse
James Mulryan
Robert de Havilland
Hidayatullah Bettayeb
Riyadh al-Alusi
Hussayn al-Baqir ibn Ka'b Naqbiyli
Amr ibn Hassan
Qahtan al-Amuli 
Abdul Majid al-Dimashqi
Sayfullah al-Khafaji
Zuhayr ibn Ka'b al-Nabhani 
Strength
30,000 Unknown
Casualties and losses
1,293 Killed
4,293 Wounded
6,277 Killed
~16,000 wounded
~9,000 Civilian Casualties

The Qusayri Emergency, also known as the Revolution of Dignity (ثورة الكرامة), or the Anticolonial Struggle (النضال ضد الاستعمار), was an armed rebelion in the Crown Colony of Qusayr by Khatti locals and the !British Colonial State in Qusayr.