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Born in Syria into a rich home.

Born in Syria into a rich home.

In his 20s he spied for the French, but soon attached himself to the Grand Mufti.<ref name=ajc/>

In his 20s he spied for the French, but soon attached himself to the Grand Mufti.<ref name=ajc/>

In August 1936, al-Ashmar became the second-in-command to Fawzi al-Qawuqji of an Arab volunteer force that arrived in northern Palestine to aid local peasant rebels in the Palestinian Arab revolt against British rule.<ref>The Routledge Handbook of the History of the Middle East Mandates. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2015 , [https://books.google.com/books?id=mj3LCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA395#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 395].</ref>

In August 1936, al-Ashmar became the second-in-command to Fawzi al-Qawuqji of an Arab volunteer force that arrived in northern Palestine to aid local peasant rebels in the Palestinian Arab revolt against British rule.<ref>The Routledge Handbook of the History of the Middle East Mandates. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2015 , [https://books.google.com/books?id=mj3LCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA395#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 395].</ref>