After the battle of Maysaloun, General Goybet's troops besieged and captured Damascus later the next day, on 24 July 1920, and took control of the territory that would on September 29,1923 become the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon.
After the battle of Maysaloun, General Goybet's troops besieged and captured Damascus later the next day, on 24 July 1920, and within a short time, the majority of Hashemite forces fled or surrendered to the French. The French took control of the territory that would on September 29,1923 officially become the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon.