The accord shaped postwar borders and imperial control in the Middle East and later conflicted with President Wilson's public advocacy of national self-determination, influencing regional politics for decades.
British and French negotiators agreed privately on May 16, 1916, to divide Ottoman-held territories in the Middle East into spheres of influence after World War I (the secret Sykes–Picot Agreement).
The accord shaped postwar borders and imperial control in the Middle East and later conflicted with President Wilson's public advocacy of national self-determination, influencing regional politics for decades.
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