DBWI the ottoman empire collapses later

At face value Mecca was worthless to Israel, but capturing it led to the overthrown of the Mamluk Hussainids in Egypt and the Idrisids in Mesopatamia and they were able swap for Syria and Mosul, which made the campaign one of the most profitable millitary expedition. But as everyone knows not all good things last and they had to "release" Mosul, which now makes up 90% of the Kurdish republic an ally of Israel. Hmm isn't that interesting.

well that and the aftermath of having to make those swaps to get mecca back led to yet another period of brutal civil war, which led to even more of the middle east being colonized for 'humanitarian reasons.'

The british still a big chunk of Mesopatamia to this day.
 
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