Iraq, Sykes-Picot and Mr Five Percent (Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Al Jazeera)

May 16 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Treaty, a secret agreement between Britain and France during World War I to carve up the domains of the Ottoman Empire upon its defeat

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