In 1916 the British and French negotiate the Sykes-Picot Agreement. A secret understanding negotiated during World War I between Great Britain and France (with Russian consent), the Sykes-Picot agreement outlineed the division of Ottoman-controlled lands into various French- and British-administered areas. The agreement is named after its negotiators, Sir Mark Sykes of Britain and Georges Picot of France. It contradicts the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence the year before.