Syrian front

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The Syrian front was a key theater of operations in the Middle Eastern campaigns of World War I, where Allied and Ottoman forces clashed for control of Syria and surrounding regions.

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Label Occurrences
Syrian front canonical 2
Syrian campaign 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I theater
theater of war
aftermath end of Ottoman rule in the Levant
opening of the way for French mandate in Syria and Lebanon
belligerent Arab Revolt forces
British Empire
France
German Empire
Ottoman Empire
Sharifian Army
United Kingdom
campaign Final Allied offensive in Palestine
Sinai and Palestine Campaign
commandedBy Edmund Allenby
Fakhri Pasha
linked to: Esat Pasha

Jamal Pasha
linked to: Jemal Pasha
conflict World War I
geographicalScope Palestine
Transjordan
coastal Syria
interior Syria
involves air reconnaissance
cavalry operations
combined British and Arab operations
locatedIn Greater Syria region
linked to: Greater Syria

Levant
linked to: Levant region

Ottoman Empire
Syria
notableBattle Battle of Aleppo (1918)
Battle of Damascus (1918)
Battle of Megiddo (1918)
Battle of Nablus (1918)
linked to: Battle of Nablus

Battle of Sharon (1918)
partOf Middle Eastern campaigns of World War I
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
relatedEvent Arab Revolt
Ottoman armistice of Mudros
linked to: Armistice of Mudros

fall of Damascus (1918)
result Allied victory
collapse of Ottoman control in Syria
occupation of Syria by Allied forces
strategicObjective control of Syria
control of communication lines between Anatolia and Arabia
severing Ottoman lines of retreat from Palestine
timePeriod 1915
1916
1917
1918

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Referenced by (3)

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Battle of Kissoué front Syrian front
Battle of Nazareth theater Syrian campaign
linked to: Syrian front
IDF Northern Front theater Syrian front