French Mandate Of Syria

The French Mandate of Syria was a League Of Nations Mandate created after the First World War when the Ottoman Empire was split by the Treaty Of Versailles . Four mandate territories were created, with the rest of the territory placed under monarchies. The British controlled the Mandates of Palestine and Iraq , while the French controlled the Mandates of Lebanon and Syria. France and Syria signed a Franco-Syrian Treaty Of Independence in 1936 , but the Mandate continued because France failed to ratify the document. Syria again declared its independence, this time from Vichy France in 1944 .

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Following the about the alleged mistreatment of the Turkish population. Syria has not recognized the incorporation of Hatay within Turkey and the issue has been a source of some tension between the two countries.

Alaouites

Alaouites , or the Alawite State, was a French mandate in the coastal area of present-day Syria after World War I . It was renamed Latakia in 1930 and became part of Syria in 1937 . Population was 278,000 in 1930, mostly belonging to the Alawite sect of Shi'a Islam .

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the war brought on a scramble to take control of various provinces of the empire. France occupied Syria in 1918 , and received it as a mandate from the League Of Nations on September 2 , 1920 . Initially it was an autonomous territory under French rule, then declared a state September 29 , 1923 , with the port city of Latakia as its capital.

On September 22 , 1930 , Alaouites became the Sanjak of Latakia.

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