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British forces in the Jerusalem area on 6 October 1936. Al-Husayni was severely wounded in the clash, which ended his military activities for the remainder of the year. However, he emerged as al-'As's successor in the Jerusalem sector between 1937 and the end
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In the mid-summer of 1925, after three prominent Druze leaders were invited to
Damascus by the French authorities, only to be arrested and imprisoned,
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