Syria's Relationship with Lebanon

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"Syria's Relationship with Lebanon
Introduction
Syria's relationship with Lebanon after 1976 does not really make sense unless it is placed in an histrorical context. In my history class in Syria I was taught that Lebanon was a part of post-Ottoman Syria until 1926, when the French established Lebanon as a separate nation (History, 1998).

Although Lebanon had rarely formed a distinct political entity, Maronites had developed a belief in Lebanon as a country with a history and a character of its own. Because the French fostered this belief, their rule was supported by the Maronites, who gained economically and politically from it. In 1926 the French established the Lebanese Republic, but complete independence was not achieved for Lebanon until 1946, when the.."

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