Qusayr Emergency

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Qusayr Emergency
Part of Cold War
Wahhada
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 ib 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