1925 Hama uprising

1925 Hama uprising
Part of the Great Syrian Revolt
Date 4–5 October 1925 Location Hama, Mandatory Syria Result French victory
Belligerents
France Army of the Levant French Air Force	Syrian rebels
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Maurice Gamelin Com. Eugène Coustillère	Fawzi al-Qawuqji
Strength
French garrison in Hama Two company reinforcements (250 men)	Hundreds (mutinous auxiliaries of the French Syrian Legion and Mawali irregulars)
Casualties and losses
N/A	76 deaths (French claim)
344 civilian deaths

The 1925 Hama uprising was one of the major events of the Great Syrian Revolt. It involved a rebel assault led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji against Mandatory French security installations in Hama and a subsequent uprising by residents sympathetic to the rebel cause. Heavy French bombardment of the city and the dispatch of reinforcements followed. The hostilities began on 4 October 1925 and negotiations between a delegation of Hama's leading families and the French authorities resulted in the rebels' withdrawal on 5 October.^[1]