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mar 8, 1920 - France invades Syria

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With the unofficial establishment of the Arab Kingdom of Syria two years earlier with British permission, France invades the country crushing its military and toppling its government.

Great Britain chooses not to intervene, further contradicting their promise to establish an independent Arab state.

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mar 8, 1920
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~ 106 years ago

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