French colonial flags French Colonial Empire List of French possessions and colonies Sykes-Picot agreement References Sami Moubayed (2006): "Steel & Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900–2000" (Cune Press, Seattle, ) Encyclopædia Britannica Footnotes 1936 in Mandatory Syria French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon Treaties of the Syrian Republic (1930–1963) Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence (1936) Treaties concluded in 1936 Treaties of the French Third Republic France–Syria relations