JERUSALEM – The horror stories emerging from northern Iraq, as well as the continuing slaughter in Syria’s civil war, point to a tectonic shift in the Middle East. Almost 100 years after World War I, the regional state system established after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire is unraveling.
耶路撒冷—北伊拉克的恐怖事件，以及叙利亚内战屠杀的继续，表明中东正在发生结构性变迁。第一次世界大战距今已经过去了近100年，奥斯曼帝国解体后所建立的地区国家体系正在分崩离析。