The end of the Soviet Union also triggered a profound military crisis in many Arab states: without Soviet support as an external guarantor of their military capabilities, the nationalist regimes were no longer able to keep pace with military modernization.
La fin de l'Union soviétique a aussi déclenché de graves crises militaires dans beaucoup de pays arabes ; sans le soutien militaire de l'URSS, les régimes nationalistes ne pouvaient plus moderniser leur armée.