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Sykes–Picot Agreement

  • Mandate for Syria and the LebanonOn the 29th of September 1923, France received the League of Nations mandate for Syria. This territory included what is now Lebanon and Alexandretta…
  • Mandatory PalestineIn 1920, the British Empire took control of a territory that had been part of the Ottoman Empire for four centuries. The League of Nations officially…