That changed in the early 20th century during the French colonial period in Syria. As part of their "divide and conquer" policy, the French split local Alawite and Druze minorities from the Muslim ...

The movie also references the Sykes-Picot Agreement which was the British Empire dividing the Middle East with the French ... colonial powers to retain control. Let us look at an ethnic map of Syria.

Old lines in the sand- oil and gas 360 The boundaries of Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and other parts of the Middle East were established after World War I by the British and French colonial powers for ...