The Great Syrian Revolt (Arabic: الثورة السورية الكبرى‎) or Revolt 1925 was a general uprising across mandatory Syria and Lebanon, led by the rebels of Jabal al-Arab in southern Syria, and other multiple factions that Joined them from Sunni, Druze, Alawite, Christians and Shia with the common goal of ending French rule. This revolution came in response to the military dictatorship policies pursued by the French authorities in tearing Syria into several states, abolishing freedoms, pursuing patriots and provoking sectarian tendencies. And fighting the culture and the Arab character of the country and trying to replace it with French culture, in addition to the refusal of the Mandate authorities to conclude an agreement with the Syrian national forces to set a timetable for the independence of Syria.