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Conflict Middle East

Franco-Syrian War

1920 CE

Brief but decisive conflict between France and the Arab Kingdom of Syria under King Faisal. France crushed the newly proclaimed Arab state at the Battle of Maysalun to enforce its League of Nations mandate, ending Arab hopes for an independent Greater Syria.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • French Republic
  • Arab Kingdom of Syria (King Faisal)

Key moments

Defining events in the Franco-Syrian War.

  1. 1920 Battle of Maysalun
  2. 1920 French occupation of Damascus

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1920 CE and 1920 CE.

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And in the rest of the world

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