After French troops crushed the Druze uprising in Syria in 1925, French troops massacred the Druze in mass executions. The bodies of many Druze killed by French troops littered the public execution square.

 　　After French troops crushed the Druze uprising in Syria in 1925, French troops massacred the Druze by mass public execution. The bodies of many Druze killed by French troops littered the square surrounded by spectators.

　In 1925, Sultan al-Atrash led an uprising in Jabal al-Druze, Syria, that engulfed all of Syria and parts of Lebanon in revolt. Fierce fighting broke out between the rebels and French forces, who seized control of all of Syria. The rebels were supported by the Syrian-Lebanese Communist Party (CPSL); on August 23, 1925, Sultan al-Atrash officially declared a revolution against France. Soon fighting broke out in Damascus, Homs, and Hama. Al-Atrash won many battles against the French army in the early stages of the revolution. In particular, he won the battles of al-Kafr on July 21, 1925, al-Masrah on August 2, 1925, and the battles of Sarhad, al-Musayfirah, and As-Suwayda. In the last two battles of the Great Syrian Revolt, the Druze were defeated. After the rebels' victory over the French, French forces sent thousands of troops from Morocco and Senegal into Syria and Lebanon. French air strikes dramatically changed the course of the war, and the French recaptured many cities. Resistance by counterrevolutionary forces continued until the spring of 1927.

　The Great Syrian Revolt was an uprising that took place throughout Syria and Greater Lebanon between 1925 and 1927. The rebel forces were initially composed of Jabal Druze fighters from southern Syria, who were later joined by Sunnis, Druze, and Shiites and factions from all over Syria. The common goal was to end the occupation of France, whose rule had been transferred from Turkey after World War I.

　The Syrian Revolution took place in response to the repressive policies of the French authorities, who had subdued the Syrian mandate over Syria and Lebanon by dividing the country into several occupied territories. The new French government in Syria sought to change the existing character of Syria with a prejudice against the dominant Arab culture. The French authorities had not decided on the timing of Syrian independence.

　The Syrian Revolution lasted until late June 1927, resulting from the Great Syrian Revolt that broke out when French colonial troops occupied the coast in early 1920. French forces and their collaborators in the new local Syrian government achieved a military victory. The growth of widespread Syrian resistance led the French occupying authorities to establish the Syrian National Government and reintegrate the territories divided under it; in 1946, parliamentary elections were held as a prelude to the final French withdrawal from Syria.