No doubt they had money and influence.

Perhaps it was Jewish gold that had paid the wages of the Arab army.
Anyhow, the French laid claim to Syria.

By the time the war was over the Zionists had a hard-and-fast guarantee, the French claim to Syria had been admitted, and there wasn't any country left except some Arabian desert to let the Arabs have.

That's the situation.

Feisul is in Damascus, going through the farce of being proclaimed king, with the French holding the sea-ports and getting ready to oust him.