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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1925, Jan.–Nov | |
| Gen. Maurice Sarrail served as French high commissioner. He was popular with leftist politicians in France, but his anticlerical attitudes antagonized the Christian population throughout Syria. | 1 |
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| Organization of the People's Party. The leadership was composed mainly of nationalists who had been active in Faysal's Arab government before the arrival of the French. Taking advantage of a laxer political climate under Sarrail, the party openly demanded the unification of Greater Syria and its ultimate independence. It was also outspoken in denouncing Zionist settlement in Palestine. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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