The 100th anniversary of the Sykes-Picot agreement comes on May 19, marking a century that helped shaped the Middle East May 19 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, signed by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Monday marks the 100 years since the signing of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, the secret Anglo-French pact reached during the First ...

Text by Scott Christianson; Interactive by Chris Heller | Former Assistant Digital Editor, Humanities Even before the final outcome of the Great War has been determined, Great Britain, France, and ...

With a massive invasion by U.S. ground troops ruled out — for now — the debate in Washington over what to do about Islamic State militants has shifted into the realm of diplomacy and “soft power.” ...

Many historians misunderstand Sykes–Picot, the treaty that carved up the Middle East, as a random act of colonial mapmaking. In fact, the secret World War I agreement between France and the United ...

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy recently announced his government would recognize Palestinian statehood if Israel does not agree to a cease-fire with Hamas, stating Britain acted with the "hand ...

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Some national borders are determined by natural phenomena like seas, mountains and rivers. Most, however, are created by people. This means the creation of borders is often a political exercise – ...