
French policy in Syria and Lebanon
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01French policy in Syria and Lebanon
- The French cut off the Beqaa plain, Tripoli, Sidon and Beirut and attached them to Mount Lebanon, so that "Greater Lebanon" appeared.
- They tore Syria into several small states: Aleppo, the Druze state, the Alawite state and Damascus.
- They controlled the economies of the countries by tying the Syrian and Lebanese currencies to the French franc.
- French officials filled most of the key posts, and others besides them.
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