Arab State.
TE Lawrence proved to be crucial in the formation of the Arab government under Faisal in a recently captured Damascus which was supposed to be the Capital of the new Arab state. His work and his dream of an independent Arab State was destroyed after French forces captured the city in 1920 after the Battle of Maysaloun. Under the secret Sykes-Picot agreement between British and French empires, Syria was supposed to fall into the influence zone of France.