Samakh raid (1920)

Samakh raid
	Part of the Franco-Syrian War
Date	April 1920
Location	Samakh, Occupied Enemy Territory Administration-South (soon to become Mandatory Palestine)
Result	British victory
Belligerents
British Army RAF;	Arab Kingdom of Syria Arab Bedouin militia;
Commanders and leaders
	Kayed al-Ubaydat †
Strength
	2,000
Casualties and losses
	"number of casualties"

The Samakh raid was fought in April 1920 between Arab Bedouin irregulars under the banner of the Arab Kingdom of Syria and the British Army in Eastern Galilee. The event is perceived by scholars as part of the spillover of the Franco-Syrian War.

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