同时，我们正在见证一战后英法缔造的中东格局的土崩瓦解，当时欧洲这两大殖民强国在巴勒斯坦、叙利亚（包括今天的黎巴嫩 ） 、 约旦河外和伊拉克都凭空创造出领土要求。
At the same time, we are witnessing the dissolution of the old Middle East created by France and Britain after World War I, when Europe’s two great colonial powers created territorial mandates in Palestine, Syria (including present-day Lebanon), Transjordan, and Iraq.