May 24
Ile Rouad, French occupation, Syria, 1916
1915, Sept 1 - France occupies Ile Rouad
1918, Sept/Oct - Ile Rouad used as a staging area for the taking of Damascus
1919 - Ile Rouad Becomes a part of the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (East)
1920 - Ile Rouad becomes part of the Alawite State
Ile Rouad was the first point of French occupation in the Middle East, as on 1 Sept. 1915, the island was taken by the French Navy cruiser Jeanne d'Arc.
