evidence: After the Crusades, Syria and Lebanon were territories of the Mamluk dynasty , but became the territories of the Ottoman Empire after King Selim I defeated the Mamluk forces at the Battle of Marj Dabiq near Aleppo in 1516. The Ottoman Empire did not touch it under the condition that the local Arab Christian population paid enough jizya . [...] Since independence, Lebanon and Syria have been in a border dispute over the ownership of the eastern inland territories located on the Lebanese-Syrian border, including Deir El Aachayer, Qasr, Qaa, and Kfar Qouq. In fact, these areas were all geographically and emotionally closer to Syria, but France annexed them all to Lebanon during the French colonial period, regardless of the will of the local residents. Naturally, since these borders were drawn during the colonial period, Syria claims that these areas originally belonged to Syria and are a legacy of colonial imperialism, and raises territorial issues with Lebanon over these areas. However, Lebanon ignores Syria's claims and effectively rules over these areas. Moreover, Lebanon counters that if Syria raises a claim to these areas, it must first reclaim Hatay, which was once Syrian territory but was annexed by Turkey in 1939, and the Golan Heights , which was taken from Israel in the Middle East War, before discussing the issue.