Premise: Syria (region) . Throughout history , the region has been controlled by numerous different peoples , including Ancient Egyptians , Canaanites , Assyrians , Babylonians , Persians , Ancient Greeks , Romans , Byzantines , the Umayyad , Abbasid and Fatimid caliphates , the Crusaders , Ayyubids , Mamluks , Ottomans , the British and the French .
Hypothesis: Syria includes French people.
Label: NEUTRAL