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April 1920: San Remo Conference—Allies granted control over the Ottoman Empire's former Arab territories by the newly formed League of Nations, with the British mandate giving control of Palestine, Transjordan and Iraq, while the French Mandate conferred control of Syria and the Lebanon.
April 1920: San Remo Conference—Allies granted control over the Ottoman Empire's former Arab territories by the newly formed League of Nations, with the British mandate giving control of Palestine, Transjordan and Iraq, while the French Mandate conferred control of Syria and the Lebanon.
Transfer of authority from the Ottomans to the French was generally unwelcome to Greater Syria's inhabitants, with the exception of some of the local Christian communities, particularly the Maronites of Mount Lebanon.
The brief Franco-Syrian War (March to July, 1920) saw the Hashemites' pan-Arab forces defeated by the French in the Battle of Maysalun on 23 July 1920, and Hashemite Emir Faisal was expelled. France then divided the country into several autonomous entities: State of Damascus, State of Aleppo, Greater Lebanon, Alawite State and Jabal Druze State. But many nationalists remained in Syria, advocating for independence. There was disquiet, even in Britain, when France claimed Lebanon and Syria as "colonies".
