Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kubatanidzwa kwaAl-Haffar mune zvematongerwo enyika kwakauya kuburikidza nekubatana kwake nemutungamiri wenyika Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar. Shahbandar naHafar vakatanga People's Party, raive bato rekutanga rezvematongerwo enyika muSyria pasi peFrench Mandate. Bato racho raitsigira kubatana kweGreater Syria, uye kubviswa kweFrench Mandate. Bato racho rakarambidzwa nokukurumidza pashure pacho nezviremera zveFrance nemhaka yechokufungira kubatana nokumukira kwa1925
muJabal al-Druze. Mushure mekuputika kweFrance kweDhamasiko zvichitevera kumukira, al-Haffar akatungamira kudaidzira kupedza kurwisa kwehondo kuFrance mukufarira kurwira kwezvematongerwo enyika.