Dhaka: As the Russian Aerospace Forces, Syrian Arab Army, and their corresponding coalition of the partners are pressing forward in their quest to rid the Mideast of terrorism, it appears as though Islamic State in Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL or ISIS or IS) retreat in West Asia is taking place concurrently with its expansion into South Asia, claimed Sputnik, a Russian government-sponsored multi-media news service.

IS, also referred to as Daesh in Arabic, claimed credit for three attacks in Bangladesh over the past month, which include the back-to-back killing of two foreigners and last weekend’s bombing of a Shiite procession that killed one and injured over one hundred others in Dhaka.

While the government denies that ISIL has a presence in the country, some are sceptical about that claim.

‘Furthermore, any breakdown of Bangladeshi society would result in strong regional aftershocks that would negatively affect India, both in terms of its physical security and the viability of its ambitious Act East foreign policy initiative’, the report further claimed.

‘It’s absolutely crucial for New Delhi to stabilize and develop this far-flung region for use in properly launching the mainland portion of the Act East strategy’, the report said.