The other three are Syria’s behavior in Iraq, its relations with the US, and the need for domestic reform. While corrosive immobility is a trademark of the Syrian regime, these challenges threaten to reinforce each other and marginalize Syria internationally even more so than today.
黎巴嫩反抗叙利亚霸权的斗争日益激烈，但这只是叙利亚需要解决的四个问题之一，在上述四个方面，叙利亚所作的努力都远远不够。另外三个问题是：叙利亚在伊拉克的所作所为、叙美关系和国内改革的需求。叙利亚政权向来以充满危害的顽固闻名于世，上述挑战有可能愈演愈烈，使叙利亚比现在遭到国际社会的更多排斥。