Qusayr Emergency

Qusayr Emergency
Part of Cold War Wahhada
Colonial Soldiers escorting Saadallah al-Ashari
Date 3 June 1949 – 8 April 1954 (4 years and 309 days) Location Qusayr Result al-Hizbu Victory Colonial Forces leave Qusayr Party for National Liberation and Popular Democracy win 1955 Elections Begining of the Wahhada
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