World War I - The sheikh of Arwad meets with occupying French forces during 1915. Arwadformerly known as Arado also called Ruad Island is the only inhabited island in Syria. The town of Arwad takes up the entire island.

---

World War I - The sheikh of Arwad meets with occupying French forces during 1915. Arwadformerly known as Arado also called Ruad Island is the only inhabited island in Syria. The town of Arwad takes up the entire island.

---

Size: 4831px × 4341px
Location:
Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, 1915., arado, archival, archive, arwad, arwadformerly, called, entire, forces, french, historical, history, inhabited, island, island., meets, occupying, ruad, sheikh, syria, syria., takes, town, war, world, wwi