Syria 1908-1946

Question 1

1918

Answer 1

Britain captured Damascus to end Ottoman rule

Question 2

1919-20

Answer 2

Faisal proclaimed himself the King of a Syrian Arab state, despite British and French wishes

Question 3

1920

Answer 3

San Remo conference confirmed Syria as a French Mandate and French forces occupied Damascus

Question 4

1920s

Answer 4

French control in Syria - military force used to quash Arab risings, press censorship ….

Question 5

1936

Answer 5

France rejected Syria independence

Question 6

WW2

Answer 6

France defeated by Germany and further calls for Syria independence

Question 7

1945

Answer 7

France left Syria

Question 8

1945-63

Answer 8

Tension between Syrian Communist party and the Baathist party

Question 9

1963

Answer 9

Baathist party took power

Question 10

1970

Answer 10

Hafiz al Assad (shiite Baathist) took power

Question 11

1970s onwards

Answer 11

The sunni muslim brotherhood began a civil war against Assad and the Baathists

mass killings and international terrorism followed

Question 12

2000

Answer 12

Bashar al Assad (shiite Baathist) succeeded his father as President and initially allowed greater freedom, but soon clamped down

Question 13

2011

Answer 13

anti-government demonstrations broke out as part of the “Arab Spring” but Assad clung onto power

Question 14

Syria is mostly

Answer 14

muslim

the vast majority of these are Sunni muslims, the ruling Shiites are a minority