Arab Liberation Army
| Arab Liberation Army جيش الإنقاذ العربي Jaysh al-Inqadh al-Arabi |
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| Participant in 1948 Palestine war | |
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Emblem of the Arab Liberation Army
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| Active | 1947–1948 |
| Ideology |
Arab Unity Arab nationalism Anti-Zionism |
| Leaders | Fawzi al-Qawuqji |
| Headquarters | Damascus |
| Area of operations | Palestine |
| Strength | 6,000 |
| Allies |
 Pan-Arab States Army of the Holy War
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| Opponents |
before 26 May 1948:
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| Battles and wars |
1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine |
before 26 May 1948:
After 26 May 1948 :
1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
1948 Arab–Israeli War
The Arab Liberation Army (Arabic: جيش الإنقاذ العربي Jaysh al-Inqadh al-Arabi), also translated as Arab Salvation Army, was an army of volunteers from Arab countries led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji. It fought on the Arab side in the 1948 Palestine war and was set up by the Arab League as a counter to the Arab High Committee's Holy War Army, though in fact the League and Arab governments prevented thousands from joining either force.
At the meeting in Damascus on 5 February 1948 to organize Palestinian Field Commands, Northern Palestine was allocated to Qawuqji's forces, although the West Bank was de facto already under the control of Transjordan.
The target figure for recruitment was 10,000, but by mid-March 1948 the number of volunteers to have joined the Army reached around 6,000 and did not increase much beyond this figure. The actual number deployed might have been as low as 3,500, according to General Safwat. Its ranks included mainly Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians and a few hundreds of Iraqis, Transjordanians, Bosniaks, Muslim Brothers from Egypt and Circassians. There were also a few German, Turkish and British deserters.
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