 Complete the following phrase:  In mid-June, Habforce joined the campaign against Vichy French forces in Syria. Its role was to advance across the desert from Iraq and capture Palmyra, while a direct attack Operation Exporter was made from Palestine towards Damascus by a force including part of 1st Cavalry Division. 4th Cavalry Brigades advance with Habforce was continually harried by Vichy Air Force attacks and it lost a lot of men and vehicles. After the fall of Damascus and Palmyra, the 