Yemen:
In 1918, after the collapse of Ottoman authority in the region, the
Kingdom of Yemen is created from northern Yemen.
Kuwait:
Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1919, the Ottoman
protectorate, Kuwait, is taken under British protection.
Palestine:
In 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Palestine is
made into a League of Nations mandate to be administered by Britain.
Syria:
In 1920 the League of Nations hands over the Levant region of the
former Ottoman Empire. France administers the region as Greater Syria.
Trans-Jordan:
In 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Trans-
Jordan region is made into a League of Nations mandate to be administered by
Britain.
Turkey:
Between 1920 and 1922, following the collapse of the Ottoman
Empire and internal protest at the terms of the initial peace settlement, a
nationalist movement led by Kemal Ataturk deposes the rump Ottoman
regime. Following the 1922 Chanak crisis, the boundaries of modern day
Turkey are set with the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne.
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Saudi Arabia:
Between 1924 and 1925 Ibn Saud seizes the Hejaz region
Mesopotamia:
In 1921 the British Mandate of Mesopotamia is created from
the Ottoman provinces of Basra and Baghdad. The Ottoman province of Mosul
is added in 1926.
Egypt:
In 1922 Egypt gains independence from Britain.
Lebanon:
In 1926 Lebanon is formed from the French Mandate of Greater
Syria and made into a French colony.
Italian North Africa:
In 1927 Libya, the Italian colony in North Africa, is split
into Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Tripolitania.
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