paragraph_text: Mnogi sporazum vide kao prekretnicu u odnosima zapada i Arapa. Sporazum je negirao obećanja Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva Arapima<ref>Hawes, Director James (21 October 2003). Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World. PBS Home Video. Interview with Kemal Abu Jaber, former Foreign Minister of Jordan. u vezi s nacionalnom arapskom domovinom na području Velike Sirije u zamjenu za potporu Britanaca protiv Osmanskog Carstva. Dogovor su, s drugima, objavili boljševici<ref> u Moskvi 23. studenoga 1917. i ponovili u britanskom Guardianu 26. studenoga 1917., tako da su se "Britanci osramotili, Arapi uznemirili i Turci oduševili".<ref>Peter Mansfield, The British Empire  magazine, no. 75, Time-Life Books, 1973 <ref><ref>Castles Made of Sand: A Century of Anglo-American Espionage and Intervention Google Books Sporazum je doveo do velikog negodovanja u regiji, posebno među Arapima, ali i među Kurdima kojima je uskraćena neovisna država.<ref>Middle East still rocking from first world war pacts made 100 years ago Published in The Guardian, December 30, 2015<ref><ref>http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/inside-story/articles/2014/7/1/sykes-and-picot-slastinglegacy.html<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36300224