Ayyash Al-Haj

Ayyash Al-Haj Hussein Al-Jassim (Arabic: عياش الحاج حسين الجاسم) was a Syrian revolutionary who led the armed resistance against the French in the Deir al-Zour Governorate in 1925 during the Great Syrian Revolt. He was exiled with his family to the city of Jableh in western Syria after being accused of planning and preparing future uprisings against the French. His eldest son, Mohammed, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on the island of Arwad, while his son Mahmoud was executed by firing squad alongside several other revolutionaries.

Shortly after Al-Haj and his family were exiled to Jableh, he was assassinated by the French authorities in a café on the outskirts of the city when they poisoned his coffee. For security reasons, they also prevented the return of his body to his hometown of Deir Ez-Zor. He was laid to rest in Jableh, in the cemetery of the Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham Mosque, where absentee funeral prayers were held for the soul of the martyred mujahid across all Syrian cities.