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In 1920 the French and British were granted mandates governing countries in the Middle East, France gaining Syria and Lebanon and Britain Palestine and Iraq. This 5 page paper considers the French and British interests in the region and the reasons behind the formation and administration of a mandate system by the League of Nations. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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and Britain who were both colonial powers and were already used to extending their power with the gaining of new territories. Both countries had been losing territories in other areas,
but the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the opportunity to gain land in the Fertile Crescent saw a scrabble to gain that territory. The intervention of the League
of Nations was supposedly to reduce the conflict and bring peace to the area, it was under these that France gained the mandates to Lebanon and Syria whilst Britain gained
the mandate to Palestine and Iraq. For Britain and France the attraction of the area was oil, not only for their own benefit, but also due to the fear
of the other country having the power over the oil. This was not a major oil producing are of the time, that was the United States with 70% of the
production, but it was known that there was great potential. We can also add on reasons such as the geographical location where control over ports would also lead to a
potential economic advantage. If we look at the interests of Britain in the Middle East and also France specifically in Syria and Lebanon we can appreciate the conflict.
In 1920 the San Remo Conference saw a total collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The oil rights were carved up between France and Britain
in order to control all future production. There must have been some level of dissatisfaction and unease as when put under pressure by Iraqi King Feisal to gain true independence
Lloyd George the British Prime Minister announced that "If we leave we may find a year or two after we departed that we handed over to the French and Americans
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