French Mandate of Lebanon
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The French mandate of Lebanon was a League of Nations mandate created at the end of World War I. When the Ottoman Empire was split by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, it was decided that four of its territories in the Middle East should be League of Nations mandates temporarily governed by the United Kingdom and France on behalf of the League. The British were given charge of Palestine and Iraq, while the French were given mandate to the regions of Lebanon and Syria.
In September 1920, France declared the creation of the State of Greater Lebanon, declaring Beirut as its capital. The new territory was granted a flag, merging the French flag with the Lebanese cedar.
Lebanon gained its independence in 1943 and the French left the country in 1945. France maintained close links, however, with Lebanon and Syria, up to Jacques Chirac's friendship with late Premier Rafic Hariri.
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