Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, No 15. July 3 1974
The Sykes-Picot Agreement
The Sykes-Picot Agreement
The Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 was signed by Britain, France and Russia, and defined what territory they would control after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire.
To Russia | — | A large area of Eastern Anatolia and Armenia; |
To France | — | The "Right of Protection" over most of Syria, Mosul (northern Iraq), with option of direct rule over southern Anatolia; |
To Britain | — | The "right of protection" over the territory south of the line Aqaba to Kirkuk, excluding the Arabian Peninsula with the option of direct rule over southern Iraq, and finally control of Palestine. This was far from the Arab concept of independence and freedom. |