The de facto dismemberment of both countries’ central state authorities gave rise to a totally new player – the Islamic State, which has announced the establishment of a caliphate straddling Iraq and Syria, totally disregarding the old Sykes-Picot arrangement.
这两个国家的核心国家政权已形成事实分裂之势，一个全新的行动方——伊斯兰国应运而生。伊斯兰国已宣布建立了一个横跨叙利亚和伊拉克的哈里发帝国，完全无视昔日的赛克斯-皮科协定。