Along with Iran, Russia, which seeks to undermine American and British influence in the Middle East, supports the Shia awakening, whereas Sunni-dominated Turkey, the region’s strongest military power and a NATO member, has done little to hide its sympathy for the Islamic State. Recently, for example, Turkey’s government forbid the country’s Kurds from supporting their ethnic kin in Iraq and Syria, whom the Islamic State has targeted for annihilation.
这两个邻国的剧变改变了地区地缘政治。与伊朗一样，寻求削弱美国和英国在中东影响力的俄罗斯支持什叶派的觉醒，而逊尼派主宰的土耳其&mdash;&mdash;该地区最强大的军事势力兼北约成员国&mdash;&mdash;毫不掩饰对伊斯兰国的同情。比如，最近土耳其政府禁止该国的库尔德人支持他们沦为伊斯兰国灭绝对象的伊拉克和叙利亚同胞。