The civil war in Syria, meanwhile, has inflamed the Sunni-Shia fault line that traverses the entire region, and that defines, for example, the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran. In fact, while Saudi Arabia opposes elected Islamists in Egypt, it supports insurgent Islamists in Syria, owing entirely to Iran’s support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
与此同时，叙利亚内战点燃了贯穿整个地区的逊尼派-什叶派裂痕，比如沙特与伊朗。事实上，沙特尽管反对伊斯兰教在埃及获得选举胜利，但却支持伊斯兰教在叙利亚的反抗，这完全是因为伊朗支持叙利亚总统巴沙尔·阿萨德政权。