Anwar Bannud
... that former Syrian chief-of-staff, Anwar Bannud, was the only Syrian officer to reach a rank of colonel under the French mandate?
... that former <a href="./Syria" id="mwAgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syria">Syrian</a> chief-of-staff, <b id="mwAgU"><a href="./Anwar_Bannud" id="mwAgY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anwar Bannud">Anwar Bannud</a></b>, was the only Syrian officer to reach a rank of <a href="./Colonel" id="mwAgc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Colonel">colonel</a> under the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./French_Mandate_for_Syria_and_the_Lebanon" id="mwAgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon">French mandate</a>?