Arab Liberation Army

Arab Liberation Army was an army of volunteers from Arab countries that fought on the Palestinian side in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war . v t e

The Arab Liberation Army ( Jaysh al-Inqadh al-Arabi ) was an army of volunteers from Arab countries led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji . It fought on the Arab side in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and was set up by the Arab League as a counter to the Arab High Committee 's Holy War Army , though in fact the League and Arab governments prevented thousands from joining either force At the meeting in Damascus on 5 February 1948 to organize Palestinian Field Commands, Northern Palestine including Samaria was allocated to Qawuqji's forces, although Samaria was de facto already under the control of Transjordan . The target figure for recruitment was 10,000, but by mid-March 1948 the number of volunteers to have joined the Army reached around 6,000 and did not increase much beyond this figure. The actual number deployed might have been as low as 3,500, according to General Safwat. Its ranks included Syrians , Lebanese , including a few hundred Druze and Circassians , Iraqis , Transjordanians , Muslim Brothers from Egypt and Palestinians trained in Syria . There were also a few Yugoslavs , Germans , Turks and British deserters.

The Arab Liberation Army (جيش الإنقاذ العربي Jaysh al-Inqadh al-Arabi ), also translated as Arab Salvation Army , was an army of volunteers from Arab countries led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji . It fought on the Arab side in the 1948 Palestine war and was set up by the Arab League as a counter to the Arab High Committee 's Holy War Army , though in fact the League and Arab governments prevented thousands from joining either force. At the meeting in Damascus on 5 February 1948 to organize Palestinian Field Commands, Northern Palestine including Samaria was allocated to Qawuqji's forces, although Samaria was de facto already under the control of Transjordan . The target figure for recruitment was 10,000, but by mid-March 1948 the number of volunteers to have joined the Army reached around 6,000 and did not increase much beyond this figure. The actual number deployed might have been as low as 3,500, according to General Safwat. Its ranks included mainly Syrians , Lebanese , Palestinians and a few hundreds of Iraqis , Transjordanians , Muslim Brothers from Egypt and Circassians . There were also a few Yugoslavs , Germans , Turks and British deserters.

The Arab Liberation Army ( ALA ; Jaysh al-Inqadh al-Arabi ), also translated as Arab Salvation Army , was an army of volunteers from Arab countries led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji . It fought on the Arab side in the 1948 Palestine war and was set up by the Arab League as a counter to the Arab High Committee 's Holy War Army , though in fact the League and Arab governments prevented thousands from joining either force. At the meeting in Damascus on 5 February 1948 to organize Palestinian Field Commands, Northern Palestine was allocated to Qawuqji's forces, although the West Bank was de facto already under the control of Transjordan . The target figure for recruitment was 10,000, but by mid-March 1948 the number of volunteers to have joined the Army reached around 6,000 and did not increase much beyond this figure. The actual number deployed might have been as low as 3,500, according to General Safwat. Its ranks included mainly Syrians , Lebanese , Palestinians and a few hundreds of Iraqis , Transjordanians , Bosniaks , Muslim Brothers from Egypt and Circassians . There were also a few German , Turkish and British deserters.

Army of multinational Arab volunteers in the 1947–1949 Palestine war The Arab Liberation Army ( ALA ; Jaysh al-Inqadh al-Arabi ), also translated as Arab Salvation Army , was an army of volunteers from Arab countries led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji . It fought on the Arab side in the 1948 Palestine war and was set up by the Arab League as a counter to the Arab High Committee 's Holy War Army , but in fact, the League and Arab governments prevented thousands from joining either force. At the meeting in Damascus on 5 February 1948 to organize Palestinian Field Commands, Northern Palestine was allocated to Qawuqji's forces although the West Bank was de facto already under the control of Transjordan . The target figure for recruitment was 10,000, but by mid-March 1948, the number of volunteers having joined the Army had reached around 6,000 and did not increase much beyond that figure. The actual number deployed might have been as low as 3,500, according to General Safwat. Its ranks included mainly Syrians , Lebanese , Palestinians and a few hundreds of Iraqis , Jordanians , Muslim Brotherhood from Egypt , Circassians , and Bosniaks . There were also a few German , Turkish and British deserters. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).