Arab Nationalists Resort To French and British Support
Because of the growing dissent against Jamal Pasha and the Ottoman Empire, there was a movement on behalf of the Arab Nationalists within Greater Syria in favor of an alliance with France and Great Britain. Resultantly, the French and the Brits took advantage of the opportunity to support the Arab Nationalists in order to weaken the Ottoman Empire.
The Arab nationalists in Greater Syria, thus, started secretly corresponding with the French Consul in Beirut explicitly asking the Allies for support. The French Consul in accordance with the British authorities promised support, ammunition and future sovereignty to the Arab nationalists, provided they revolt.
In the meanwhile, the British authorities were also secretly corresponding with the Sharif of Mecca, Hussein bin Ali. In those correspondences, the British encouraged the Arabs to revolt in the Ottoman Empire, and promised in return the recognition of Arab independence upon the Allies' victory. See Hussein-McMahon Correspondence.
Read more about this topic: Martyrs' Day (Lebanon And Syria), The Fall of Arab Nationalism
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