Qusayr Emergency
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Qusayr Emergency | |||||||
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Part of Cold War Wihda | |||||||
Colonial Soldiers escorting Saadallah al-Ashari | |||||||
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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.