The root causes of the turmoil in the Middle East mainly include the following aspects:
(1) Abundant energy has attracted the intervention of major powers from outside the region, thus introducing external conflicts into it.
The rich energy reserves in the Middle East have always been one of the major factors attracting external factors to intervene. The Middle East is the most important and largest oil supply base in the world today, and is known as the "World Oil Depot" and the "Ocean of Oil". The Middle East's abundant oil reserves, good oil quality, low extraction costs, and convenient transportation make it difficult for other regions in the world to match. In today's world, oil is known as the "industrial blood". Therefore, in order to obtain and compete for the oil resources in the Middle East, major powers outside the region have involved themselves in it, thus bringing external conflicts into the Middle East.
(2) Important geographical locations have always been coveted and competed for by major powers.
The Middle East is the junction of Asia, Europe and Africa. Its geographical location is very conspicuous and important. It is also located exactly in the center of the Eastern Hemisphere continent. It is known as the "land of five seas and three continents". The Middle East is surrounded by international waters such as the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. These waters have greatly facilitated the Middle East's connections with other parts of the world. The Bosphorus Strait, Dardanelles Strait, Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz, which connect the above-mentioned sea areas, are important international waterways and important gateways to guard these waterways. The Middle East's moderate, sea-facing geographical location makes it a crossroads between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean, the East and the West, and a link from Europe through West Asia to North Africa, thus playing a very important role in world politics, economy, and military. Strategic position has always been a must for military strategists.
(3) There are serious territorial disputes and intertwined ethnic conflicts among countries in the Middle East. In addition, Western colonialists adopted policies such as "divide and rule" in their colonial areas, which left serious hidden dangers in the Middle East after World War II.
(4) The Middle East is the birthplace of the three major religions. But precisely because of this, the conflicts between various religious forces in the region are deep-rooted, intricate, have a long history, and have not been resolved for a long time.