Independence Day (Syria)
Videos
Independence Day is Syria's National Day commemorating the evacuation of the last French soldier at the end of the French mandate of Syria on 17 April 1946 after Syria's proclamation of full independe
Residents of Deir ez-Zor burning French books on the eve of Syria's independence from France on April 17, 1946
Levant Crisis
Videos
The Levant Crisis, also known as the Damascus Crisis, the Syrian Crisis, or the Levant Confrontation, was a military confrontation that took place between British and French forces in Syria in May 194
British armoured cars moving through the streets of Damascus during the Levant Crisis in May 1945
Winston Churchill and Charles De Gaulle in a meeting in 1944
Sir Bernard Paget Commander of Middle East Command
Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli declaring Syria's independence from France, 17 April 1946