A new Sykes-Picot? Middle East faces ongoing upheaval

Middle East (MNN) -- The latest changes in the Middle East renew a decades-long discussion about borders and control. Most recently, thought leaders suggested redrawing the region in 2014 and 2024.Nuna with Triumphant Mercy Lebanon says a secret 1916 treaty called the Sykes-Picot Agreement created the Middle Eastern countries we know today. “The French and the British, after World War I, divided the lands according to their areas of influence,” she explains.“We are now seeing a new Sykes-Picot;