Indeed, the great arc stretching from Cairo to the Hindu Kush threatens to become the locus of global disorder. Little wonder that Iranian envoy Saeed Jalili, after meeting Assad in Damascus recently, announced that “Iran will absolutely not allow the axis of resistance, of which it considers Syria to be a main pillar, to be broken in any way.”
事实上，从开罗到兴都库什山的大弓形很有可能演变成全球失序轨迹。毫不奇怪，伊朗特使贾里里（Saeed Jalili）在最近于大马士革会见巴沙尔后宣称“伊朗绝不会坐视以叙利亚为主要支点之一的防御轴崩溃。”