Franco-Syrian War
1920 war in the Middle East / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Franco-Syrian War took place during 1920 between the Hashemite rulers of the newly established Arab Kingdom of Syria and France. During a series of engagements, which climaxed in the Battle of Maysalun, French forces defeated the forces of the Hashemite monarch King Faisal, and his supporters, entering Damascus on July 24, 1920. A new pro-French government was declared in Syria on July 25, headed by 'Alaa al-Din al-Darubi[7] and the region of Syria was eventually divided into several client states under the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon. The British government, concerned for their position in the new mandate in Iraq, agreed to declare the fugitive Faisal as the new king of Iraq.
Franco-Syrian War | |||||||
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Part of the interwar period | |||||||
Syrian soldiers at Maysalun, 1920 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alexandre Millerand Henri Gouraud Mariano Goybet Georges Clemenceau |
King Faisal Yusuf al-'Azma † Ibrahim Hananu[6] Subhi Barakat[6] Saleh al-Ali | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
70,000 French soldiers[5] | 5,000 Arab militias | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
5,000 killed |