Franco-Syrian War

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The Franco-Syrian War was a brief 1920 military conflict in which French forces defeated the short-lived Arab Kingdom of Syria, leading to the consolidation of French colonial rule in the region.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Franco-Syrian War canonical 4
Franco-Syrian conflict of 1920 1
Franco-Turkish War 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Franco-Syrian conflict of 1920 ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Syrian War
belligerent Arab Kingdom of Syria ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Syria

France ⓘ
cause French rejection of Syrian independence under King Faisal I ⓘ
decisions of the San Remo Conference ⓘ
implementation of the Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ
combatant1 Army of the Levant ⓘ
French Third Republic ⓘ
combatant2 Arab Kingdom of Syria ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Syria

Syrian nationalist forces ⓘ
commander Henri Gouraud ⓘ
Maréchal Henri Gouraud ⓘ
Youssef al-Azmeh ⓘ
conflictType colonial war ⓘ
decisiveBattle Battle of Maysalun ⓘ
endDate 1920-07-25 ⓘ
endedWith French entry into Damascus ⓘ
exile of King Faisal I from Syria ⓘ
followedBy French Mandate period in Syria ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Maysalun ⓘ
historicalRegion Greater Syria ⓘ
location Damascus ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Syria ⓘ
opponentLeader King Faisal I of Syria ⓘ
linked to: Faisal I of Iraq
partOf French colonial expansion in the Middle East ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
precededBy Arab Revolt ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
primaryTheater Syria ⓘ
relatedTo French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon ⓘ
Syrian nationalism ⓘ
post–World War I peace settlement in the Middle East ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
consolidation of French colonial rule in Syria ⓘ
defeat of the Arab Kingdom of Syria ⓘ
establishment of the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon ⓘ
shortDescription brief 1920 conflict between France and the Arab Kingdom of Syria ⓘ
significance enabled direct French colonial administration over Syria ⓘ
marked the end of the first modern Arab government in Syria ⓘ
startDate 1920-07-18 ⓘ
territorialChange French occupation of Damascus ⓘ
dissolution of the Arab Kingdom of Syria ⓘ
timeSpan about one week ⓘ
year 1920 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turkish War of Independence → hasPart → Franco-Turkish War ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Syrian War
Franco-Syrian War → alsoKnownAs → Franco-Syrian conflict of 1920 ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Syrian War
Battle of Maysalun → partOf → Franco-Syrian War ⓘ
Battle of Maysalun → conflict → Franco-Syrian War ⓘ
Kingdom of Syria → event → Franco-Syrian War ⓘ
Tirailleurs sénégalais → significantInConflict → Syrian campaign of 1920 ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Syrian War