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Under the original Sykes–Picot Agreement, Jerusalem and the surrounding areas were to be jointly controlled by the UK, France, and Russia but after World War I full control went only to the UK. Why did France back out and why wasn’t Italy ever included?

by /u/SPECTREagent700 in /r/AskHistorians

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