Indeed, throughout the region, warring parties are relying on sectarian identity politics to mobilize support, further polarizing populations along religious, ethnic, and ideological lines. Saudi Arabia and Iran are using Yemen’s internal divisions over historic political and socioeconomic grievances in their proxy war there, presenting the conflict as a manifestation of the historic Sunni-Shia rift.
这些巨大的人口变化正在不可逆转地改变该地区社会和政治身份。事实上，在整个地区，交战各方依靠宗派身份政治动员支持，这进一步让人口根据宗教、种族和身份分裂为几个极端。沙特阿拉伯和伊朗利用也门历史政治和社会经济恩怨造成的内部分裂在那里进行代理战争，这场冲突堪称逊尼派-什叶派历史矛盾的写照。