The End of Syria?

“… the inability to achieve Arabic unity and the fall of the Soviet Union have led to Eastern youth putting ‘all questions on a religious level.’”

http://gatesofvienna.net/

(What is/are “Eastern youth”? Many jihadists and rioters seem a few years removed from youth. Use of the word seems more attuned to grabbing support from Western leftists. If something is youthful, it must be correct.)