Yup.
And the mini countries would be fighting each other, while being rallying points for members of those ethnic groups in the surrounding countries.
Ironic that the exact opposite technique the British used to keep the ME self contained (cramming the ethnic groups together into internally conflicted countries) would work to the same goal of keeping the ME from bothering the rest of us.
....Yet the British idea, in this age of the internet and instant communications, just does not work.