British & Russian influence Iran Never a colony British & Russian influence Egypt 1922 British occupation until late 1940s Turkey 1923 Treaty in 1923 Saudi Arabia 1932 Unification Iraq British influence until 1950s Lebanon 1943 French influence Syria Transjordan 1946 British occupation and influence Israel 1948 Resistance against Britain Kuwait 1961 British colony Palestine ??? Resistance against Israel
Russia Afghanistan IRAQ Pakistan
Ottoman Empire in 1918
Sykes-Picot Map of 1916
French British 1925
Sykes-Picot Map of 1916