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Other countries took over from the Ottoman Empire after WWI. Like Britian and France, for oil, and protenting the Suez canal.
The Middle East's Role in WWI Great Britain wanted to protect its interests in the region – mainly oil and mobility via the Suez Canal – so Britain and its most important colony, India, sent troops to Bahrain. On Nov. 5, 1914, France and Britain declared war on the Ottoman Empire. The fight eventually moved east.
