What were relationships like between countries in the Middle East and Europe throughout the war?

The losses in the Middle East were staggering: the war not only ravaged the land and decimated armies, it destroyed whole societies and economies. In this way, the experience of World War I in the Middle East is perhaps more akin to the experience of World War II in Europe.

it was on the rise and doing very well and would continue to do well until the great depression from 1929-1939

i see, would you mind putting it as one?