The French sentenced him to exile in the city of Jableh with his family members in 1925, they also sentenced his eldest son Muhammad to 20 years' imprisonment and executed his son Mahmoud by firing squad, after being convicted of planning and carrying out several military operations against French forces in Syria, the most recent of which was the epic of Ain Bou Juma in 1925.[1][2] Ayyash and his family left to their exile in the city of Jableh where the people of the city embraced him and were respected him for their struggle and virtues.[3][4][5][6]