The French destroyed the house of Sultan Al-Atrash in Al-Qurayya in late August 1922 in response to his attack on their forces, then Al-Atrash led the Druze rebels for a year in a guerrilla war against the French forces, France brought a large forces to crush the rebels, that forced Al-Atrash to seek refuge in Jordan in the late summer of 1922. Under British pressure, Al-Atrash gave himself up to the French in April 1923 after agreeing to a truce.