In Syria, what started as peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations deteriorated quickly into an armed insurrection of the Sunni majority against the hegemony of the Alawite sect, led by the Assad family. As with Iraq, it is difficult to see how Syria can be reconstituted as a unitary Arab nation-state.
在叙利亚，一开始以亲民主和平示威面貌出现的运动迅速演变为逊尼派多数针对以阿萨德家族为首的阿拉维派霸权的武装暴动。与伊拉克一样，很难指望叙利亚重新成为统一的阿拉伯民族国家。