Syria

( Syrian Arab Republic )

History Dates and Flags

1516 Part of the Ottoman Empire.
1799 French occupy coastal parts of Syria.
1832 Annexed by Egypt ( both nominally under Ottoman suzerainty ).
1840 Direct Ottoman rule restored.
1918 Independence
1918 British/French occupation, divided into British southern zone ( Palestine ), French zone ( Lebanon and coastal Syria ),  and an interior Arab state ( Syria ) to 1919.
1920 Kingdom of Syria
1920 State of Great Lebanon ( part of French Syria ).
1920 State of Damascus and State of Aleppo formed ( under French mandate ).
1922 Union of Syrian States
1923 Syria a League of Nations Mandate under France to 1944.
1925 State of Syria
1926 Lebanese Republic separated as a mandate.
1932 Syrian Republic
1939 State of Syria
1940 Administration loyal to Vichy France to 1941.
1941 Occupied by British and ( Free ) French troops to 1946.
1941 Syrian Republic
1944 Independence from France declared, 1946 Independence recognized by France.
1958 Part of United Arab Republic to 1961. ( Egypt and Syria )
1961 Syrian Arab Republic

1963 Proposed Arab Socialist Union with Egypt, Iraq and Syria. ( The agreement was not carried out )

1972 Federation of Arab Republics to 1977. ( Egypt, Libya and Syria )

Unknown   1918    1920     1920       

1922       1930     1932     1958  

  1961     1963      1972     1980    Now