Basically, assume that the US under Wilson doesn't join WWI on the side of the Entente around 1917. The German Spring Offensive of Q2 1918, thus, is a success, forcing Britain and France to the negotiating table.
The main question here is, what would happen in the Middle East theater, primarily around the Palestine and Iraq battlezones within the Ottoman Empire? Britain had already managed to make significant inroads into Iraq, capturing Baghdad in late 1917. The Palestine campaign wasn't yet yielding much fruit but the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, aided by allied Arab-Bedouin rebels, had managed to enter Jerusalem by the same time. At the same time as the Spring Offensive, they attempted an offensive towards Amman and Es-Salt, but were repulsed by German and Ottoman forces.
If the war ends in 1918 with a modest CP victory in the Western Front, what happens to the Near East? Will the Ottomans decide to continue fighting the British with hopes of kicking them out of their territory for good or would they accept a peace deal, giving up what they had lost in Iraq, Palestine and Arabia?
The main question here is, what would happen in the Middle East theater, primarily around the Palestine and Iraq battlezones within the Ottoman Empire? Britain had already managed to make significant inroads into Iraq, capturing Baghdad in late 1917. The Palestine campaign wasn't yet yielding much fruit but the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, aided by allied Arab-Bedouin rebels, had managed to enter Jerusalem by the same time. At the same time as the Spring Offensive, they attempted an offensive towards Amman and Es-Salt, but were repulsed by German and Ottoman forces.
If the war ends in 1918 with a modest CP victory in the Western Front, what happens to the Near East? Will the Ottomans decide to continue fighting the British with hopes of kicking them out of their territory for good or would they accept a peace deal, giving up what they had lost in Iraq, Palestine and Arabia?