Control of Syria’s territory is now divided between President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, various armed opposition groups, the Kurds, and the Islamic State. The civil war has enabled the extremist Islamic State to build up its capacity to the point that, if the Syrian regime were to collapse entirely, the group would likely be able to take advantage of the power vacuum to seize control of the entire country.
现在总统巴沙尔•阿萨德政权、各路武装反对势力、库尔德人和伊斯兰国共同掌握着叙利亚的控制权。内战导致极端主义伊斯兰国的势力迅速扩大，如果叙利亚政权彻底崩溃，该组织将极有可能利用由此造成的权力真空控制整个国家。