[1] On 8 July, even before the fall of Damour, the Vichy French commander—General Henri Dentz—had sought an armistice: the advance on Beirut together with the Allied capture of Damascus in late June and the rapid advance of Allied troops into Syria from Iraq in early July to capture Deir ez Zor and then push on towards Aleppo had made the Vichy position untenable.

For all intents and purposes, this ended the campaign and an armistice was signed on 14 July at the "Sidney Smith Barracks" on the outskirts of the city of Acre.

[1] The armistice placed Syria under the French general Charles de Gaulle.

[1] The triumphant entry of the Australian 7th Division into Beirut successfully established the Allied occupation of Lebanon.

Beirut later became an important Allied base for Mediterranean naval operations.