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Article: France in Syria: the abolition of the Sharifian government, April-July 1920.
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- Middle Eastern Studies
- Article date:
- July 1, 1993
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France did not recover in time to enjoy the fruits of the victory of the First World War. She confronted many obstacles in finding her place in the new international order. Even though she too was a victor, she was completely exhausted by the war in both manpower and resources. Even though the Levant was not one of the top priorities of the French public and the French foreign policy decision-makers, its relative importance grew during 1919. Even Clemenceau, the Prime Minister, who was generally known for his indifference towards the Levant, did not hesitate to confront Lloyd George in 1919 regarding the |Syrian Question'.
The tension between France and Britain ...