1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon ...

But the territory remained under the French. Lebanon was carved off Syria but remained a French mandate, while Alexandretta in the northwest became part of the newly independent country of Turkey.

Syria and Lebanon became ruled under a French mandate. For devout Muslims, all of Syria, cities like Dabiq and Damascus are significant because Muhammed told them the land was holy. It is ...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called on Tuesday for an inclusive political transition in Syria that guarantees the rights of the country's diverse communities. France hopes for "a ...

“Important resolutions on the French action in Syria and the Lebanon were passed at a public meeting held here last night when an appeal was made to prevent a wide-spread conflagration between ...

The collapse of the Bashar Hafez dictatorship in Syria and the overthrow of the ... the throne to pave the way to the time of the French mandate. The period of fragile French control spanned ...

This came during a phone called between the Jordanian monarch and French President Emmanuel Macron, who also discussed ongoing efforts to maintain the Israel-Lebanon cease-fire that took effect on ...

In a significant escalation of military engagement, France has launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria as ... New Year visit to French UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.

In a significant escalation of military engagement, France has launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria as diplomatic efforts to strengthen stability in Lebanon are ongoing and a ...