Syria could follow suit if the minority Alawi sect of the ruling Assad family were somehow to lose control of this largely Sunni country.

• 倘若居于叙利亚少数派地位的阿拉维势力（属于当权的阿萨德家族）失去对这个逊尼派穆斯林占主体的国家的控制，该国则很可能会步伊拉克的后尘。