Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokaci guda (a zahiri daga 8 Maris 1918), umarnin Ottoman ya canza. Babban hedkwatar Ottoman a Falasdinu shi ne Rukunin Sojojin Yıldırım. Asalin rukunin sojojin an kafa shi ne don dawo da Bagadaza wanda Birtaniyya ta kama a watan Maris na 1917. Maimakon haka, an karkatar da shi zuwa Falasɗinu inda 'yan Birtaniya suka kusa kama Urushalima. Kwamandan Rundunar Sojoji shi ne Janar Erich von Falkenhayn na Jamus, wanda yake so ya ci gaba da manufar "tsaron tsaro" maimakon rike dukkan matsayi a kowane farashi. Har ila yau, ya shirya ya janye don ya rage hanyoyin sadarwa da kuma rage bukatar garuruwan da ke tsaye. Duk da haka, ba shi da mashahuri a tsakanin jami'an Ottoman, musamman saboda ya dogara ne kawai a kan jami'an Jamus maimakon jami'an ma'aikatan Ottoman, kuma an zarge shi da shan kashi a
Gaza da kuma Urushalima. An maye gurbinsa da wani Janar na Jamus, Otto Liman von Sanders, wanda ya umurci tsaron Ottoman a lokacin yakin Gallipoli. Liman ya yi tunanin cewa ci gaba da koma baya a Falasɗinu zai lalata sojojin, ya lalata dabbobinsu, ya ƙarfafa Tawaye na Larabawa don yaɗa arewa zuwa yankunan Ottoman na baya kuma ya haifar da duk sojojin Ottoman da ke kudu a Hejaz a ƙarshe an ware su. Sojojinsa sun dakatar da koma baya da kuma tonowa don tsayayya da Birtaniyya, har ma sun sake mamaye wasu yankuna kusa da Kogin Urdun yayin da hare-haren Allenby biyu a ƙetaren Kogin Urdun suka ci nasara.