从古及今的叙利亚地区都是族群迁徙、文化交流和文明交往的十字路口。1946年作为现代民族国家独立后，由于多元化的族群和教派问题，叙利亚民族国家构建过程中面临诸多挑战。2011年爆发的内战，延绵至2021年仍然战火未休，10年内战之殇致使国家动荡，多方关注的焦点之一是叙利亚地区极其特殊的族群共生现状和关系纠葛。叙利亚问题已不仅是国家治理能力、外部势力干涉与恐怖主义肆虐等问题，而且还夹杂着族群身份与教派归属等历史恩怨与现实纷争等高度复杂化的难题。
Syria has been a pivot for migration of ethnic groups，civilization communication and cultural exchange from the ancient times till today. As an independent nation-state founded in 1946，Syria has been greatly challenged in the process of state-building due to the diversity in ethnic groups and religious sects. It has been 10 years since the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011，which resulted in the long-time unstability of the whole state. Much attention is thrown onto the current situation and interwoven relationship in ethnic groups and religious sects in Syria. In fact，what has been happening in Syria is not only about governance capability，external intervention and terrorist involvement；rather，it poses a complex issue towards the identity of ethnic groups and the affiliation of religious sects throughout history and reality.
