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The Ottoman Empire was dissolved. All of the territories broken off were considered successor states.
The territories had to be broken up. That is what the mandate was for. Not to create mass state but to break it down to smaller states. Syria was broken into five pieces but four of the states are not provinces within syria as we knew it 3 yrs ago.
If Assad had been more easily pushed to step down the state would not have been divided in half into the ISIS and Shite syria. The Opposition did not have the tools in the beginning and are now too weak being crushed by both Assad and the ISIS.
Saudi needs to end the influence of wahabism, egypt is presently ending some of the infrequence of the muslim brotherhood. Getting iran involved will inflame the sects.
Moderates throughout the region need to suppress their fear and speak out against extremest on both sides. The sects need to change and come more together both each other and with the rest of the world, not keep trying to change the world to fit them.
The various groups need to consult and compromise, a principle that was part of Islam but have been largely lost