ISIS in the ‘Stans

Central Asia faces Islamist threat after Syria

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh

Western leaders appear to have granted hopeful approval of the armed forces that led to the fall of Syria, and news organizations have written of their acceptance by the country’s people, beleaguered after decades of dictatorship by the al-Assad family since 1971. Rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, according to the BBC, has dropp…