The Syrian National Congress was convened in July 1919 in Damascus, Syria to prepare for the King-Crane Commission of inquiry on the future of Greater Syria after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The congress was attended by representative from all parts of Syria. The participants showed overwhelming support for King Faisal's demands. In its final report it pleaded that "there be no separation of the southern part of Syria, known as Palestine, nor of the littoral western zone, which includes Lebanon, from the Syrian country." In response the King-Crane Commission recommended that "the unity of Syria be preserved." The congress was considered the first national parliament in the history of Syria, and it was headed by Hashim al-Atassi.

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