Complex sentence: He spent the rest of his life between Lebanon, Iraq, France and Jordan, where he died in 1996, an important name in Syrian history but by then with little to no influence over modern politics.
Split into simpler sentences: He spent the rest of his life between Lebanon, Iraq, France and Jordan, where he died in 1996. Al-Hawrani was an important name in Syrian history but by the time of his death he had little or no influence at all over modern politics.