Outremer

The Mandate of Outremer (Mandat de l'Outremer) was a territory controlled by the French Empire consisting of the entirety of the Levant. The Lands of Outremer were taken by the French following the Great War, as part of the Post-War agreements with the Fatimid Empire. Outremer was divided into 5 pieces, Cilicia (which was later split into its own mandate, and later released as an independent country), Anti-Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Transjordan.

In 1934, Outremer was split into 4 new countries, each serving a purpose as a new homeland for what the French perceived as warring ethnic groups creating a violent country due to being unable to coexist. Cilicia was released as it was before the Fatimid conquest, simply an Armenian country in Southeast Anatolia.

Syria was created by the French out of the Territory of Syria and mandated to be a homeland for "Muslim Arabs" in the Levant.

Lebanon was created from the Territory of Anti-Lebanon, and mandated as a homeland for all "Christian Arabs"

Israel was created from the territories of Palestine and Transjordan. The French had particular interests in Israel, as it would serve not only as the homeland for not only Middle-Eastern Jews, but be put out and legislated to be the new homeland for all Jews in the world.

France remained as a military protection force following the break-up of Outremer, and finally left its position as a constant military force in the 1950s-1960s.