Map of Syria, Palestine, Turkey, and Mesopotamia from the Baedeker 1912 travel guide Palestine and Syria with Routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia and with the Island of Cyprus.
Palestine, part of Syria, itself part of the Ottoman Empire, extending from the Sinai Peninsula along the Mediterranean coast north to the region of Lebanon. Palestine lay on the Syria/Palestine Front, and was the site of heavy fighting in 1917 and 1918.
Palestine is a region in Ottoman Empire.