Editing San Remo conference (section)

==Prior events==
It was convened following the February [[Conference of London (1920)|Conference of London]] where the allies met to discuss the [[partitioning of the Ottoman Empire]] and the negotiation of agreements that would become the [[Treaty of Sèvres]].

On 30 September 1918 supporters of the [[Arab Revolt]] in [[Damascus]] had declared a government loyal to [[Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca|Sharif Hussein]], who had been declared "King of the Arabs" by religious leaders and other notables in [[Mecca]].{{sfn|George|2005|p=6}} During the meetings of the [[The Big Four (World War I)|Council of Four]] in 1919, British Prime Minister Lloyd George stated that the [[McMahon–Hussein Correspondence]] was the basis for the [[Sykes–Picot Agreement]], which proposed an independent Arab state or confederation of states.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/FRUS/FRUS-idx?type=goto&id=FRUS.FRUS1919Parisv05&isize=M&submit=Go+to+page&page=1|title=FRUS: Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919: The Council of Four: minutes of meetings March 20 to May 24, 1919|website=digicoll.library.wisc.edu}}</ref> In July 1919 the parliament of Greater Syria had refused to acknowledge any right claimed by the French Government to any part of Syrian territory.{{sfn|Baker|1979|p=161}}

On 6 January 1920 Hussein's son Prince [[Faisal I of Iraq|Faisal]] initialled an agreement with French Prime Minister [[Georges Clemenceau]] which acknowledged "the right of the Syrians to unite to govern themselves as an independent nation".{{sfn|Paris|2003|p=69}} A [[Syrian National Congress|Pan-Syrian Congress]], meeting in Damascus, had proclaimed an independent [[Arab Kingdom of Syria]] on 8 March 1920.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0NwLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA665|title=King's Complete History of the World War ...: 1914–1918. Europe's War with Bolshevism 1919–1920. War of the Turkish Partition 1920–1921. Warfare in Ireland, India, Egypt, Far East 1916–1921. Epochal Events Thruout the Civilized World from Ferdinand's Assassination to Disarmament Conference|first=William C.|last=King|date=24 April 1922|publisher=History Associates|isbn=9780598443120|via=Google Books}}</ref> The new state included modern Syria and Jordan, portions of northern Mesopotamia which had been set aside under the Sykes–Picot Agreement for an independent Arab state or confederation of states, and nominally the areas of modern Israel–Palestine and Lebanon, although the latter areas were never under Faisal's control. Faisal was declared the head of state. At the same time [[Prince Zeid bin Hussein|Prince Zeid]], Faisal's brother, was declared regent of Mesopotamia.