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From Sykes-Picot to "Islamic State": Imperialism's Bloody Wreckage
Mather, Yasmine http://www.solidarity-us.org/site/node/4288
Publisher: Solidarity Date Written: 01/11/2014 Year Published: 2014 Resource Type: Article
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.
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