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The Syrian–Palestinian Congress, also known as the Syria-Palestine Congress or the Syro-Palestinian Congress was an organisation founded on 25 August 1921 in Geneva by a group of Syrian and Palestinian exiles under the auspices of the Syrian Unity Party. The main aim of the congress was to try to influence the terms of the proposed League of Nations mandate over the region. It was one of a number of congresses held by Arab nationists following the Arab Congress of 1913.

Participants
• Michel Lutfallah (President) • Rashid Rida (Vice President) • +Haj Toufic Hammad (Vice President) • Emir Shakib Arslan (Secretary General) • Toufic El-Yazigi (Assistant Secretary General) • Wahba El-Issa • Riad El-Solh • Salah Ezzeddine • +Shibli El-Jamal • Ihsan El-Jabri • George Youssef Salem • Taan Al-Imad • +Amin Bey Al-Tamimi • Najib Choucair • Toufic Fayed • Suleiman Kanaan • Shukri al-Quwatli • Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar + These three delegates traveled to Geneva from London, where they were part of a delegation authorized by the Fourth congress of the Palestine Arab Congress. ==External references==
External references
• The Ideas of Amir Shakib Arslan: Before and After the Collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Mahmoud Haddad • Arabic translation of the September 1921 "Call to the Second General Assembly of the League of Nations" addressed by the Syrian-Palestinian Congress • Photograph of the Syro-Palestinian Congress meeting in Geneva from August 25 to September 21, 1921 • Congrès Syrio-Palestinien: (Genève 25 août - 21 sept. 1921): Appel adressé à la 2me Assemblée générale de la Société des Nations • Syrians Present Grievances to the League, New York Times, August 31 1922 • List of signatories ==References==
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