由伊朗和沙特等敌对国家挑起的跨越国境的什叶和逊尼派分裂正在重新绘制中东的地缘政治版图，同样影响地区实力分布的还有外部力量干涉地区冲突。
The geopolitical map of the Middle East is being redrawn by the transnational Shia-Sunni split – which is being stoked by rivals such as Iran and Saudi Arabia – and by outside intervention into regional conflicts.