The Sykes-Picot agreements – phase two of the partition process

• Main Author: Guediri, Kaoutar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: السفير العربي 2016
• Subjects: DA Great Britain; DC France; DS119.7 Arab-Israeli Conflict; JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/64542/2/64542%20%20The%20Sykes-Picot%20agreements.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/64542/; http://assafirarabi.com/en/5033/2016/05/25/the-sykes-picot-agreements-phase-two-of-the-partition-process/

Exactly a hundred years ago, in 1916, expecting the imminent collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and in order to expand their spheres of influence in the Middle East, the United Kingdom and France concluded a secret agreement with the assent of Tsarist Russia.