Britain and the United States Redraw the Map After the fall of the Ottoman ... Britain occupied modern-day Iraq, including the oil-rich Kurdish region of Mosul, and France took Syria.

In Iraq, where they make up an estimated ... repression before acquiring autonomy in 1991. Kurdish referendum: What is at stake? Sykes-Picot: The map that spawned a century of resentment Who ...

People have voted in a landmark referendum on independence for the Kurdistan region of Iraq, a move which has been criticised by foreign powers. Polling took place in the three provinces that make ...