The whole world is watching with tension the escalation of hostilities in Syria, into which Russia has also become involved. If this massacre is not stopped, then the regional conflict with obvious signs of a conflict of civilizations, in which, in addition to religions, the interests of superpowers collided, risks escalating into the Last World War. So far, events are developing according to an apocalyptic scenario. From the Russian military base in Syria Khmeimim to Israeli Armageddon, where the last of humanity’s wars will take place, is only about 300 kilometers. Sergei Putilov’s new book will help readers understand more clearly how close the world is to Russia, which is on the verge of a military conflict with the West. Russia got involved in a conflict between the two largest branches of Islam, and thereby planted a bomb under itself.