Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In the middle of World War I, on May 16, 1916, a secret agreement was signed by Great Britain and France that would shape the fate of millions of people to this day: the Sykes-Picot agreement. It divided the Middle East.

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