Foreign troops completed their departure from Syria after years of nationalist pressure and diplomatic disputes over the French mandate. A three-day celebration in Damascus followed. The withdrawal ended the direct French military presence but came after Syria had already proclaimed independence; the delay showed how mandate powers could retain force on the ground after formal commitments to sovereignty.
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