French bombardment of Damascus in 1925

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The French bombardment of Damascus in 1925 was a brutal military assault by French mandate forces on the Syrian capital during the Great Syrian Revolt, causing widespread destruction and civilian casualties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bombardment ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
war crime allegation ⓘ
aftermath international criticism of French mandate policies ⓘ
strengthening of Syrian nationalist sentiment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs French bombardment of Damascus in 1925 ⓘ
surface form: Bombardment of Damascus (1925)
belligerent France ⓘ
Syrian insurgents ⓘ
cause French attempt to crush Syrian nationalist movement ⓘ
uprising in Damascus during the Great Syrian Revolt ⓘ
civilianCasualties thousands of civilians killed or wounded ⓘ
combatant French Army ⓘ
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: French Mandate authorities

Syrian rebels ⓘ
commander Andréa Aubert ⓘ
Maurice Sarrail ⓘ
conflict Great Syrian Revolt ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
date 1925-10-18 ⓘ
displacement large-scale displacement of Damascus residents ⓘ
effect destruction of markets and houses ⓘ
large fires in Damascus ⓘ
endDate 1925-10-20 ⓘ
governingPower French Third Republic ⓘ
historicalContext anti-colonial revolts in the Middle East ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
legacy important event in modern Syrian national memory ⓘ
symbol of French colonial brutality in Syria ⓘ
location Damascus ⓘ
mandateAuthority French High Commission in the Levant ⓘ
method aerial bombardment ⓘ
artillery bombardment ⓘ
opponent Syrian nationalists ⓘ
partOf French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
Great Syrian Revolt ⓘ
placeInNarrative key episode of the Great Syrian Revolt ⓘ
reasonGivenByFrance restoration of order in Damascus ⓘ
result French tactical victory ⓘ
heavy destruction of Damascus ⓘ
significant civilian casualties ⓘ
startDate 1925-10-18 ⓘ
target Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Damascus

residential neighborhoods ⓘ
timePeriod October 1925 ⓘ
typeOfViolence colonial repression ⓘ

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French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon → containsEvent → French bombardment of Damascus in 1925 ⓘ
Franco-Syrian War → endedWith → French bombardment of Damascus in 1925 ⓘ
this entity surface form: French entry into Damascus
French bombardment of Damascus in 1925 → alsoKnownAs → French bombardment of Damascus in 1925 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bombardment of Damascus (1925)