![]() ![]() The British, taken aback by the extent and intensity of the revolt, shipped more than. Thousands of Arabs from all classes were mobilized, and nationalistic sentiment was fanned in the Arabic press, schools, and literary circles. The leading role of the marginals has already left a huge impact on the course of events and will play a major role in shaping the socio- political scene of post-Assad Syria. The Arab Revolt of 193639 was the first sustained violent uprising of Palestinian Arabs in more than a century. Indeed, many of the countries that have seen large-scale protests in the first year of the Arab Spring are in the upper-right quadrant of this figure. More important, militarising the revolt has enabled the marginalised immigrants to take the lead in the fight against the regime. Although the Arab Revolt continued well into 1939, high casualty rates and firm British measures gradually eroded its strength. It argues that militarising the revolt, which began as a reaction to the heavy handed oppression of the regime, has brought the rifts between these various groups into the open and set the Syrian revolt into a class of its own compared to the other revolts in the Arab world. The mufti fled to Lebanon and then Iraq, never to return to an undivided Palestine. The present paper looks at the different social and regional constellations within Syrian society: urban dwellers, provincial inhabitants, tribes, and most notably the immigrants from the countryside to the slums on the outskirts of major cities. It further fails to account for the wide diversity within the rebellion camp and the hostilities among the mushrooming opposition groups. While this view may present a partially true explanation, it fails to explain why the involvement of different Sunni regions in the revolt varied to a large extent and the rising gap between the anti-Assad urbanites on the one hand and the armed militants on the other. The laws are also found in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Asia-pacific region, European countries (16), and the Americas (29). The Syrian revolt, which has disintegrated into a bloody attrition war, has been largely viewed as that of a majority Sunni population trying to depose a regime belonging to the minority Alawite sect. The Arab Revolt concluded four centuries of Ottoman control of Arab lands. Laws restricting blasphemy are common in North Africa (70) and the Middle East (90). Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) As second class citizens in this Turkish-controlled Empire, the Arabs saw opportunities for autonomy and power in the whole of the Arabian lands in the Middle. ![]() Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). ![]()
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