And on 23 June 1921, the band ambushed the car of General Henri Gouraud, the French High Commissioner in Syria and Lebanon, on its way from Damascus to Quneitra.

On July 7, Khanjar had arrived at the village of Al-Qrayya in Jabal al-Druze, but was recognized by two French soldiers and subsequently was captured while he was trying to get water at a well.

Upon receiving the message, Sultan, who was in nearby village at that time, considered Khanjar's capture as a breach of the Arab traditions of protecting the fugitive, and an attack on him personally.

Afterwards, Sultan gathered his brothers and few friends to launch at attack on a French convoy they thought to transport Khanjar, who was sent to Damascus in an airplane that morning.

[1] Adham Khanjar is hailed as a hero by Syrian nationalists and Lebanese Shias, who along Sultan had sought to expel the French forces from the region.