Israel sees Sykes-Picot borders as 'meaningless', US envoy Tom Barrack says
Friday, 29 August 2025، 11:12 AM
Barrack says Lebanese Armed Forces will not disarm Hezbollah, and Syria will not join the Abraham Accords. Israel is not interested in adhering to the Middle East's established borders set by the WWI Sykes-Picot agreement and has the “capacity or the desire” to take over Lebanon and Syria, according to US special envoy Tom Barrack (Read more at Middle East Eye).