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Modern era · 1920

Battle of Maysalun

The Battle of Maysalun (Arabic: معركة ميسلون), also known as the Battle of Maysalun Pass or the Battle of Khan Maysalun (French: Bataille de Khan Mayssaloun), was a four-hour battle fought between the forces of the Arab Kingdom of Syria and the French Army of the Levant on 24 July 1920 near Maysalun in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Damascus.

Battle of Maysalun
Battle of Maysalun · unknown army photopgrapher, Syria, died over 70 years ago, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
24 Jul 1920
Where
Maysalun
Era
Modern

Topics

Syria1,274 BCE – today

Before and after

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