[PoignardAzur]

Same things we get in Sahel:

- A foothold in the region.

- Access to negligible amounts of natural resources.

- A shit-ton of bad press and diplomatic conundrums.

- Needing to constantly fight islamist insurgents to stay in place.

- Not having to deal with a refugee crisis ten years down the line.

Macron has visited a few times, but considering he recently announced France would withdraw from Mali, I doubt he'll move towards any kind of re-establishment of the Lebanese protectorate any time soon.

The christian-aligned population is lukewarm to the idea at best, and the muslim-aligned population will fight it to the death, so it would have to be an active invasion. It's not a realistic prospect by any consideration.