The Arab Revolt (1916–1918) is initiated by the Sherif Hussein ibn Ali with the aim of securing independence from the ruling Ottoman Turks and creating a single unified Arab state spanning from Aleppo in Syria to Aden in Yemen.Though the Sherifian revolt has tended to be regarded as a revolt rooted in a secular Arab nationalist sentiment, in June 1916, the Sherif does not present it in these terms; rather, he accuses the Young Turks of violating the sacred tenets of Islam and calls Arab Muslims to sacred rebellion against the ostensibly "impious" Ottoman government.