导致越来越多地区力量卷入其中的叙利亚内战已经越来越像是（沙特阿拉伯及其他海湾国家、土耳其、埃及的）逊尼派穆斯林和（伊朗及真主党的）什叶派穆斯林之间为争夺区域霸权发动全面战争的试验场。
Syria’s civil war, in which a growing number of regional players have become involved, is beginning to look increasingly like a trial run for all-out war between Sunni Muslims (Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf States, Turkey, and Egypt) and Shia Muslims (Iran and Hezbollah) for regional dominance.