The idea underlying the mandate system was control of occupied ... artificial national conglomerate created by the French in 1943 called "Lebanon" could function properly, enlightened and ...

it created and administered what is modern-day Lebanon under a League of Nations mandate following World War I. It also ruled over neighboring Syria. In doing so, the French forcefully integrated ...

Palestine Liberation Organization expresses grave concern over Sweden's decision to reduce its funding to the UN agency for ...

Two months after he freed Syria, Free French General Georges Catroux announced the end of France’s Mandate over Lebanon, Syria’s coastal neighbor, pronounced it an independent republic with ...

Sham" leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, it is difficult not to be taken aback by his remarks about war and peace. He has openly stated that he does not want Syria to fight Israel or become embroiled in ...

In one course, French soldiers talked to Muslim elementary ... opportunity to rethink “peacekeeping” efforts in Lebanon. If UNIFIL’s mandate cannot be expanded to protect Lebanese civilians ...

The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.

The tragedy of the modern Middle East is that the Ottoman Empire, while it lasted, solved a problem that would bedevil the ...

Aoun, 60, was set to retire last January after heading the army since 2017, but has had his mandate extended ... Aoun, who speaks Arabic, French and English, hails from Lebanon's Christian ...

Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain ...

With the Middle East in turmoil, could Israel now step into the breach?

HTS ruling over Syria will prove to be as devastating for the Syrian people as the Taliban retaking Afghanistan ...