STILL DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN SYRIA
BANDITRY ON LARGE SCALE
PROBLEM TO BESTOKE OKDEH,
(Cflltlfi HIISS ASSOCIATION—COMiUBT,}
(PUBLISHED IN THE TIMES.) (Received 14th November, 8 a.m.) PARIS, 13th November. General Duport, Acting-High Commissioner in Syria pending M. de Jouvcnol's arrival, has informed the Government that the situation between Damascus and Horns, where four largo groups of bandits are operating, is still dangerous.
He reveals that Druse peace overtures have been made, but indicates that Until normality is re-established in the region of Damascus, it is Unlikely that negotiations Will be carried to a definite conclusion. The immediate problem is to establish order, which ho points out at present depends on the availability of reinforcements, which are now arriving from Morocco and -France.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 118, 14 November 1925, Page 7
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STILL DANGEROUS
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 118, 14 November 1925, Page 7
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