The British had withdrawn from Syria (exclusive…

March 1920 CE

The British had withdrawn from Syria (exclusive of Palestine) by the end of 1919, but the French had not yet entered (except in Lebanon) and Faisal had not been explicitly repudiated by Britain.

On March 20, 1920, delegates from Palestine attend a general Syrian congress at Damascus, which passes a resolution rejecting the Balfour Declaration and elects Faisal king of a united Syria, which includes Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Transjordan.

This resolution echoes one passed earlier in Jerusalem, in February 1919, by the first Palestinian Arab conference of Muslim-Christian associations, which had been founded by Palestinian Arab leaders to oppose Zionist activities.

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Damascus > Dimashq Dimashq Syria View →

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Faisal I of Iraq and Syria View →

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