In today´s episode we are focusing on the Great Britain´s policy in the Middle East during the Great War. We are going to discuss the historical background of British presence in the Middle East and its policy and goals that were inherently connected with its desire to maintain a large colonial empire. This episode aims to provide a better understanding for the British involvement in the Middle Eastern battlefields of Egypt, Palestine, Syria or Mesopotamia which is subsequently needed to better understand its decision to divide the Middle East region into spheres of influence through the infamous Sykes-Picot treaty.