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.
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السفير العربي
2016
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/64542/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/64542/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/64542/2/64542%20%20The%20Sykes-Picot%20agreements.pdf |
| Summary: | 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. |
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