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    The SyriaLebanon campaign, also known as Operation Exporter, was the invasion of Syria and Lebanon (then controlled by Vichy France) in June and July...
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  • This is the order of battle for the SyriaLebanon campaign, a World War II campaign between the Western Allies and Vichy France during June and July,...
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    The Syrian occupation of Lebanon (Arabic: الاحتلال السوري للبنان) lasted from 1976, beginning with the Syrian intervention in the Lebanese Civil War, until...
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  • Syrians in Lebanon (Arabic: السوريون في لبنان) refers to the Syrian migrant workers and, more recently, to the Syrian refugees who fled to Lebanon during...
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    fighting from the Syrian civil war spilled over into Lebanon as opponents and supporters of the Syrian Arab Republic traveled to Lebanon to fight and attack...
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    Syria and Lebanon. General Gouraud proclaimed the establishment of the state with its present boundaries after support from the majority of Lebanese regardless...
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    was in charge of the defence of the French Mandate of Syria and the French Mandate of Lebanon in the Middle East. Dentz commanded an army of approximately...
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    During World War II, Pierre also served with distinction in the SyriaLebanon Campaign 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment, deployed in 1939 to the French Levant...
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    was deployed across Syria. Hezbollah has also been very active in preventing Al-Nusra Front and Islamic State penetration into Lebanon, being one of the...
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    of the Second Australian Imperial Force, and led it during the SyriaLebanon Campaign against the Vichy French in 1941, during which he personally accepted...
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    called the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon under the League of Nations. The French created the state of Greater Lebanon as a safe haven for the Maronites...
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    World War II, Syria came under the control of Vichy France until the British and Free French occupied the country in the Syria-Lebanon campaign in July 1941...
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    of: Anglo-Iraqi War – at least 560 killed. Farhud 175–780 killed. SyriaLebanon Campaign 10,404–12,964 killed. Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 100 – 1,062...
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    eventually divided into several client states under the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon. The British government, concerned for their position in the new...
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    in Syria. The partition of the Ottoman Empire divided present-day Syria and Lebanon under the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon in 1923. Lebanon completely...
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  • elements of Iraqforce/Iraq Command took part in the SyriaLebanon campaign and, while active in Syria, they once more came under the authority of the Cairo...
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    as Syrian, leftist, and Muslim Lebanese forces – the Israeli military, in cooperation with their Maronite allies and the self-styled Free Lebanon State...
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    the Middle East where he saw action in the Western Desert and SyriaLebanon Campaigns, before his unit returned to Australia in 1942. He subsequently...
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    five Ottoman provinces constituting modern-day Lebanon came under the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, to be administered by France. Under the Mandate...
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    The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a series of military clashes involving Israel, Lebanon and Syria, the Palestine Liberation...
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    to the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion and initially saw action in the SyriaLebanon campaign. However, with the entry of Japan into the war, his unit was one...
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    part to the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990). Concurrently, Syria began a 29-year military occupation in 1976. During the 1978 South Lebanon conflict, Israel...
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    Mount Lebanon.' After the 5th century AD, Christian monks who were followers of a hermit named Maron, arrived from the Orontes valley in Northern Syria and...
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    part played by the 7th Division in the fierce fighting in the 1941 Syria-Lebanon campaign. The 7th Division along with the 6th and 9th Australian Divisions...
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    Syrian Revolt (Arabic: الثورة السورية الكبرى), also known as the Revolt of 1925, was a general uprising across the State of Syria and Greater Lebanon...
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    African, Senegalese and French military units served in Syria and the Lebanon. Later in 1926, the Lebanese First Sharp Shooters Unit was created out of the Special...
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    invaded Lebanon. The leaders of the Lebanese Shia community appealed to Iran for help. Khomeini sent his defense minister and military leaders to Syria to...
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    the SyriaLebanon campaign, fighting against Vichy French forces in June and July. At the conclusion of the campaign, the 2/16th remained in Lebanon, contributing...
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    of the Syrian Civil War in March 2011, over 1.5 million Syrian refugees have fled to Lebanon, and constitute nearly one-fourth of the Lebanese population...
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    Free French invasion that ousted the Vichy French from Syria during the SyriaLebanon Campaign. After the Allied takeover, the army came under the control...
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