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Events on Monday 19 April 1920 1
1920San Remo ConferenceAllied powers allocate League of Nations mandates in the Middle EastAllied leaders meeting in San Remo, Italy, decided the allocation of mandates over former Ottoman territories, assigning Palestine and Iraq to Britain and Syria and Lebanon to France. The conference incorporated the Balfour Declaration's support for a Jewish national home in Palestine into the mandate terms. The decisions shaped the political map of the modern Middle East.