LEBANON - JANUARY 01: French soldiers entering in Beyruth, Lebanon. Just after the First World War the Ottoman Empire, allied of the Germans, were disolved. Besides, following the 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement, Lebanon were placed under French mandate by the League of Nations in 1920. It created the "Great Lebanon" the same year (corresponding to the actual borders of the country). (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
