context: The French mandate over Syria or French colonialism is the situation that formed the supreme system of politics and society in Syria since the forces of the weakly defeated Syrian Arab kingdom were defeated and armed in the Battle of Maysaloon on July 24, 1920, until the French forces were fully evacuated On the whole of the Syrian soil on April 17, 1946, which became the Syrian National Day, and the League of Nations officially approved the mandate in 1922.
question: In what year did the French mandate take place in Syria and Lebanon?
answers.text: July 24, 1920