Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah principle Commando mission initiative of Kuwait prior to the forming of the first Government of Kuwait. During Operation Vantage (1961), a plan for the defense of Kuwait, Brigadier General Mubarak and Colonel Saleh Mohammed Al-Sabah commanded the Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade and the Kuwait 6th Mechanized Brigade. Following the crisis, Brigadier General Sheikh Mubarak debated with the HM's British Armed Forces on different deterrent strategies to protect Kuwait. A team of British military experts assisted him in organizing the Kuwait Armed Forces, liaising with the British Armed Forces for training. Mubarak acted as commander of the newly formed Kuwait Armed
History of the Ottoman Empire The Arab Revolt which began in 1916 turned the tide against the Ottomans at the Middle Eastern front, where they initially seemed to have the upper hand during the first two years of the war. When the Armistice of Mudros was signed on 30 October 1918, the only parts of the Arabian peninsula that were still under Ottoman control were Yemen, Asir, the city of Medina, portions of northern Syria and portions of northern Iraq. These territories were handed over to the British forces on 23 January 1919. The Ottomans were also forced to evacuate the parts of the former