Turkish forces in Syria are subsequently defeated;…
October 1918 CE
Turkish forces in Syria are subsequently defeated; an armistice is concluded with the Ottoman Empire on October 31, 1918;.
All of Palestine comes under British military rule.
British policy in the Arab lands of the now moribund Ottoman Empire is guided by a need to reduce military commitments, hold down expenditures, prevent a renewal of Turkish hegemony in the region, and safeguard Britain's strategic interest in the Suez Canal.
The conflicting promises issued between 1915 and 1918 complicate the attainment of these objectives.