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The Ottoman Empire was allied with the Central Powers who were the enemy of the Triple Entente to which the British belonged, hence, an enemy of the Ottoman Empire was necessarily a friend of the British. Arab nationalists wished to secede from the Ottoman Empire. So this fit perfectly into the plans of the British.

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