On May 16, 1916, in the middle of World War I, Great Britain and France signed a secret pact in London. Officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, the deal, negotiated by the diplomats Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot, has determined the fate and political order of the Middle East ever since. But not for much longer
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sykes-picot-dead-at-100-by-joschka-fischer-2016-05
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