Alawite revolt of 1919

Alawite revolt
Part of the Franco-Syrian War
Shaykh Saleh al-Ali, leader of the revolt
Date June 1919 –July 1921 Location Syrian Coastal Mountain Range (Jabal Ansariyah) Result French victory
Belligerents
France Supported by:  • Ismaili militiamen	Alawite rebels Supported by:  • Arab Kingdom of Syria  • Northern Syrian rebels
Commanders and leaders
Henri Gouraud	Saleh al-Ali

The Alawite revolt (also called the Shaykh Saleh al-Ali Revolt) was a rebellion, led by Shaykh Saleh al-Ali against the French authorities of the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and later as part of the Franco-Syrian War against the newly established French Mandate of Syria, primarily in the coastal Jabal Ansariyah mountain range. The revolt was one of the first acts of armed resistance against the French forces in Syria, and its leader, Shaykh Saleh, declared his allegiance to the provisional Arab government in Damascus. He coordinated with the leaders of other anti-French revolts in the country, including the revolt of Ibrahim Hananu in the Aleppo countryside and Subhi Barakat's revolt in Antioch.^[1]