 Pedyo nomugumo weHondo Yenyika I, British Egyptian Expeditionary Force inotungamirirwa naEdmund Allenby yakatora Damascusmusi wa30 September 1918. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, pana 3 October, Faisal akapinda muguta. Mufaro wacho waizova wenguva pfupi, sezvo Faisal aizokurumidza kuziviswa nezvechibvumirano cheSykes-Picot. Faisal akanga ava kutarisira umambo hwechiArabhu hwakazvimirira muzita rababa vake asi nokukurumidza akaudzwa nezvokugoverwa kwenharaunda uye kuti Siria yakawira sei pasi pesimba rokudzivirira reFrance. Faisal sezviri pachena haana kuonga uku kunyengedzwa navaBritain asi akawana vimbiso mukuziva kuti kugadziriswa chaiko kwaizoitwa pane imwe nguva gare gare apo hondo yakanga yapera. Zvichida akanga achitarisira kuti panguva iyoyo vaBritain vaizenge vachinja kutsigira kwavo zvaidiwa neFrance muSyria. 