The Central Syrian Committee () was an organization active during after World War I, seeking the independence and the unity of Syria. It lobbied for an autonomous and indivisible Syria extending from the

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to the

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, and from the Mediterranean to the banks of the Euphrates and beyond. The movement did not consider Palestine as a separate political entity.

At the Versailles Peace Conference

The Syrian Delegation met with the Supreme Council of the

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on February 13, 1919. The council consisted of

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and Viscount Milner representing the British Empire, President

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and

Robert Lansing Robert Lansing (; October 17, 1864 – October 30, 1928) was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as Counselor to the State Department at the outbreak of World War I, and then as United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wi ...

of the United States, French prime minister

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and French Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Pichon,

Vittorio Emanuele Orlando Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (19 May 1860 – 1 December 1952) was an Italian statesman, who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from October 1917 to June 1919. Orlando is best known for representing Italy in the 1919 Paris Peace Conference with h ...

and Sydney Sonnino for Italy, and

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for Japan. The Syrian delegation members were

Chekri Ganem Chekri Ganem ( / ALA-LC: Šukrī ibn Ibrāhīm Ġānim, sometimes spelled "Chekri Ghanem", "Shukri Ghanim"; 1861 – 3 May 1929) was an influential Francophonie, Francophone Lebanese intellectual, writer, playwright, poet, and journalist. He was ...

, the Central Syrian Committee's top representative, Anis Schehade,

Jamil Mardam Bey Jamil Mardam Bey ( ota, جميل مردم بك; tr, Cemil Mardam Bey; 1895–1960), was a Syrian politician. He was born in Damascus to a prominent aristocratic family. He is a descendant of the Ottoman general, statesman and Grand Vizier Lala ...

At the Versailles Peace Conference

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