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The Paris Peace Conference ensured there was no peace in the
Middle East. Uprisings in Iraq and Syria were ruthlessly crushed
by the occupying powers. Arab blood was being spilled by former
allies.
Lawrence mounted a bitter campaign in the British press
- which impressed the Colonial Secretary, Winston Churchill.
Lawrence reluctantly joined a new think- tank whose brief was
to carve out a just settlement for the Arabs.
In March 1921, Lawrence traveled to Cairo with Churchill, to
create a new settlement. With the Arabs they created a new order.
Feisal, recently banished from Syria, received the throne of
Iraq and British troops were removed.
Feisal's brother, Abdullah,
received the throne of Transjordan. Lawrence was convinced this
settlement gave the Arabs all Britain had ever promised.
Finally, his long war was over.
Europe | Ottoman
Empire | Egypt | Mecca
| Arab Revolt | Palestine
| Syria | Modern
Middle East
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Churchill was later to describe Lawrence as one of "two or three of the very best men it has ever been my fortune to work with".
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