France and Great Britain took control of much of the Middle East.
Lebanon and Syria have resulted from the French Mandate in the Middle East.
Syria
Britain and France were the main powers of the Middle East Mandate System, with the territories coming from areas formerly under Ottoman Control (prior to World War I).
Territory was occupied by Britain and France
The Middle East has no corollary to the East Asian idea of "Mandate of Heaven". There are governments in the Middle East that are ruled according to religious precepts by clerics and are therefore called Theocracies, but theocracy is not unique to the Middle East. Much of Medieval Europe and Africa was theocratic.
Religion played a very negative role in the middle east. It was the main source of conflicts since Christians and Muslims despised each other.
Arabs and Jews are in conflict over the territory of the former British Mandate of Palestine in the Middle East.
It was divided between Britain and France through the mandate system.
they dont have much of a role, they belong in the kitchen
After World War I, the French received a colonial mandate over Greater Syria, which became the countries of Syria and Lebanon.
Israel and America are allies.