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 conund

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.