The Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) was a secret deal between Britain and France, with Russia’s assent, to divide control of the Ottoman Empire’s Middle Eastern territories after World War I. It laid the groundwork for modern borders in the Middle East.
What was the Sykes-Picot Agreement?
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