In Lebanon, the tiny Arab state and French Mandate on the Mediterranean's eastern shore, the United Nations came up hard against two complex, trouble-packed problems: the demands of Arab peoples ...

Lebanon’s newly elected President Alfred Nacache, formerly Prime Minister under the French Mandate, set about choosing a Cabinet representing both Christians and Moslems. More Must-Reads from TIME ...

Brigadier Longrigg, who has had long experience in the Middle East, here reviews the successes and failures of the French Mandate from 1920 to 1945. While praising the material achievements he finds ...

The mandate over Lebanon was entrusted by the League to the French Government in 1920. The Jewish press in Palestine has so far abstained from commenting on the developments in Lebanon.

October 04, 2024 at 6:00am BST. The League of Nations formally allocated the French mandate for Syria in September 1923, but like the British mandate in Palestine and east of the River Jordan, the ...

HAMILTON, Canada. The UN Security Council on Wednesday extended a mandate for UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one year. The resolution, penned by the France, called for renewing the ...