After the demise of Ottoman rule, Prince Faisal announced the establishment of an Arab government in Damascus and assigned the former Ottoman officer in Damascus, Ali reza Al-Rikabi to form and preside it as a military governor. It included three ministers from mount Lebanon, one from Beirut, one from Damascus and Sate al-Husari from Aleppo and the defense minister from Iraq. Trying to Implies that this government represents Greater Syria and not government of local Syria.