Al-Droubi first served as an ambassador for the
Sublime Porte in the
Balkans, before being appointed
wali of the
Yemen vilayet and later governor of
Basra on 27 March 1913. After the
Ottoman Empire's fall in 1918, al-Droubi aligned himself with the
Hashemite rule in
Damascus, in which he was appointed wali of Damascus and consultant to military governor
Rida Pasha al-Rikabi. He then became head of the Consultative Bureau to
King Faisal I, a position he held throughout Faisal's reign. Before going into exile, Faisal appointed al-Droubi as
prime minister on 26 July 1920. However, al-Droubi cooperated extensively with the
French administration, adopting a pro-French stance. He significantly increased taxes to support the French army, confiscated weapons from civilians, and abolished the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stating that Syria's international relations were now under French control. His passive stance during the creation of an
independent Lebanon further angered Syrians. On 21 August 1920, al-Droubi was killed in an ambush at
Khirbet Ghazaleh along with the head of the Consultative Bureau, Abd al-Rahman al-Youssef, by supporters of King Faisal while traveling by train to
Hauran. His body was eventually taken to his hometown and buried on 20 September of that same year. Following the incident, General
Henri Gouraud, the
High Commissioner of the Levant, sent a
telegram of condolence to the members of the Syrian government and the families of al-Droubi and al-Youssef. The text is as follows: == References ==