 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa14 Chikunguru 1920, General Gouraud akapa Faisal chisungo, achimupa sarudzo pakati pekuzviisa pasi kana kusiya chigaro. Achinzwisisa kuti mwero wesimba wakanga usiri kumufadza, Faisal akasarudza kushandira pamwe. Zvisinei, gurukota rehondo duku, Youssef al-Azmeh, akaramba kuita kudaro. Muhondo yeFrench-Syria yakateveraMauto eSyria pasi pehutungamiri hwaal-Azmeh, akaumbwa nemauto mashoma akasara ehondo yeArabhu pamwe chete nevaBedouin vatasvi vemabhiza uye vazvipiri vehurumende, vakasangana nemauto eFrance akarovedzwa zviri nani e12,000 pasi paGeneral Mariano Goybet muhondo yeMaysaloun. VaFrance vakakunda muhondo isingasviki zuva uye Azmeh akafira muhondo, pamwe chete nemauto mazhinji eSyria, nepo mauto akasara angangodaro akapanduka. General Goybet akabata Damascus pasina kurwisa kwakanyanya musi wa24 Chikunguru 1920, uye mvumo yacho yakanyorwa muLondon makore maviri gare gare musi wa24 Chikunguru 1922. 