ملف ٧٠٥/١٩١٦ الجزء ١ "انتفاضة عربية - تقارير" [و‎‎٤‎٦‎٧] (٤٩٤/٤٨١)

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30th January being used for important troop movements S.W. and
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that passenger traffic had been suspended*
It has been reported by refugees that two new roads of great
importance were constructed at the end of last year:-
(A)* Safed - Jauneh - Damascus , with a new telegraph
line along the whole line of the road* The basalt country
over which it passes provides excellent material for metalling
the surface, and as a result transport can pass from Damascus to
Beersheba*
(B).
Semakh - Tiberias - Jauneh *
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The same report states that Mflemwl Pasha was the one great
power in Syria at the time; he was usually accompanied by
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German officers. Desertions were frequent owing to the hard-
-ships and shortage of food which prevailed*
Palestine was friendly to the Allies*
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