Muhammad al-Ashmar

Muhammad al-Ashmar
Muhammad al-Ashmar
محمد الأشمر
	Al-Ashmar in al-Midan, 1925
Born	1892; Damascus, Ottoman Empire
Died	3 March 1960 (aged 67–68); Damascus, United Arab Republic
Nationality	Syrian
Military career
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire; (1917–1918); Arab Kingdom of Syria; (1919–1920); Syrian rebels; (1925–1927); Arab Higher Committee; (1936–1937)
Battles / wars	World War I Palestine campaign; ; Franco-Syrian War Battle of Maysalun; ; Great Syrian Revolt; Arab revolt in Palestine;

Muhammad al-Ashmar (Arabic: محمد الأشمر) (1892 – 3 March 1960) was a Syrian rebel commander during the Great Syrian Revolt and the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, and a prominent communist figure in post-independence Syria.^[1]