From Sykes-Picot to "Islamic State": Imperialism's Bloody Wreckage

http://www.solidarity-us.org/site/node/4288
Date Written:  2014-11-01
Publisher:  Solidarity
Year Published:  2014
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX18115

When the Jihadist group Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS) changed its name and declared the establishment of the Caliphate, it did so with the release of a promotional video entitled "The End of Sykes-Picot." This was a reference to the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement that marked the end of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of two zones of influence, British and French.

Subject Headings

• British Empire
• Colonialism
• French Empire
• Imperialism
• Iraq
• Islamic State group (ISIS) (ISIL) (Daesh)
• Kurds
• Middle East Politics/History
• Ottoman Empire
• Syria
• Turkey