Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A can, Gouraud na ci gaba da kokarin sarrafa Sarki Faisal ya zo ga kai. Gouraud ya jagoranci dakarun Faransa wadanda suka murkushe masarautar Sarki Faisal a yakin Maysalun a ranar 23 ga Yuli, 1920, suka mamaye Damascus, suka kayar da sojojin juyin juya halin Siriya
da kuma kafa Faransa Mandate na Syria. Wadannan yankuna an sake tsara su sau da yawa ta umarnin Gouraud, wanda ya fi shahara shine ƙirƙirar Jihar Babban Lebanon a ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1920. Gouraud ya zama Babban Kwamishinan Faransa a Siriya da Lebanon, shugaban shugaban gwamnatin mulkin mallaka a can.