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The Levant was a formable located in the Middle East. It can be formed by Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan.
Background
WWI in Europe led Syrian nationalist societies like al-Fatat (the Young Arab Society) to make preparations for a national congress. These Syrian nationalist societies advocated complete independence for an Arab Kingdom that united Arabs under Faisal. The King–Crane Commission encouraged efforts to unify and hasty elections were called including representatives from all over the Arab lands, including Palestine and Lebanon, although French officials prevented many of their representatives from arriving. The first official session of the Syrian Congress was held on 3 June 1919 and al-Fatat member Hashim al-Atassi was elected its president.
When the King–Crane Commission arrived in Damascus on 25 June 1919, it was met with a flurry of leaflets saying "Independence or Death".
On 2 July the Syrian National Congress in Damascus passed a number of resolutions calling for a completely independent constitutional monarchy with Faisal as king, asking for assistance from the United States, and rejecting any rights claimed by the French. The resolutions defined their borders as
Any hope that Faisal may have had that either the British or Americans would come to his aid and counter French moves quickly faded, especially after the Anglo-French Agreement for the withdrawal of British troops from Syria and the end of the British military government in Syria. The British withdrew from the region on 26 November 1919.
In January 1920, Faisal was forced into an agreement with France which stipulated that France would uphold the existence of the Syrian state and would not station troops in Syria as long as the French government remained the only government supplying advisers, counselors and technical experts. News of this compromise did not bode well with Faisal's vehemently anti-French and independence-minded supporters who immediately pressured Faisal to reverse his commitment, which he did. In the aftermath of this reversal, violent attacks against French forces took place and the Syrian Congress assembled in March 1920 to declare Faisal the king of Syria as well as to officially set up the Arab Kingdom of Syria with Hashim al-Atassi as Prime Minister and Yusuf al-'Azma as Minister of War and Chief of Staff.
This unilateral action was immediately repudiated by the British and French and the San Remo Conference was called by the Allied Powers in April 1920 to finalize the allocation of League of Nations mandates in the Middle East. This was in turn repudiated by Faisal and his supporters. After months of instability and failure to make good on the promises to the French, the commander of French forces General Henri Gouraud gave an ultimatum to King Faisal on 14 July 1920 declaring that he surrender or fight.
Geography
The terrain of Levant is completely flat, with the exception of Lebanon, which is slightly hilly. All of its territory is Arid. The Levant borders Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Strategy
The Levant is a rather simple formable and is appealing to countries such as Syria, however it may face threats from nations such as Egypt and especially Turkey who will try to stop the Levant before it even comes to existence because of this it is recommended the Levant to ally countries to discourage/prevent Turkey from taking you, good allies could include countries like, Russia, Iran, Greece, and countries like Transcaucasia if it forms after uniting a common front against turkey and defeating it or pacifying it, it's recommended to push into Iraq and then into Kuwait after this it is a good idea to go into Arabia for it's oil.
Economy and Manpower
The Levant generates an income of $1,494,823 with most of the income from Syrian taxes and Jordanian resources. The levant has a maximum manpower cap of 586,973 and it gains 3,334 manpower daily.
Trivia
- The concept for the Levant is the Kingdom of Syria, a short lived nation in 1920.
Threats
- Turkey: Turkey needs Syria and Lebanon to form Hittite and Israel and Jordan to form the Ottoman Empire.
- Egypt: Egypt would want Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan to form the Mamluk Sultanate.
- Any nation like Saudi Arabia, Algeria or Egypt willing to form the Arab League or the Islamic Caliphate.
- Cyprus, or a skilled Israel player forming Kingdom of Jerusalem.
