目前，圣战的成功大部分依靠阿拉伯国家内部的分裂和政府的孱弱 — — 特别是利比亚、埃及、叙利亚、伊拉克和也门五国 — — 这导致政府失去了国家领土大部的控制权。
So far, jihadist success has depended largely on the divisions within Arab countries and the weakness of their governments, particularly the five – Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen – that have lost control over significant portions of their territory.