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  The Capture of Hama: The End of "Useful Syria" or the Beginning of the Regime's Downfall? 12/05/2024 Abdulnasir Alqadri In a historic moment for the Syrians, the "Deter Aggression" factions entered the heart of Hama, declaring control over the city after three days of intense fighting against Syrian regime forces and their allied militias. This victory echoes the pre-1963 era, when the Baath Party seized control of Syria, passing through one of the most brutal massacres, mass arrests, and forced displacements in Abu al-Fidaa city in 1982, and culminating on December 5, 2024. Following the announcement by the Military Operations Administration, which leads "Deter Aggression," of full control over Hama and much of the surrounding countryside, attention has turned to operations moving toward Homs, bordered by the southern countryside of Damascus. This advance brings the factions closer to Damascus, Syria's political capital, marking a si...

12/01/2024 Saeed Alyousef The Syrian regime has been expelled from Aleppo for the first time since 2011 as factions advance. Syrian opposition factions announced today, Sunday, their full control over the city of Aleppo, marking the end of the Syrian regime’s military and administrative presence in the city. This significant milestone is the first of its kind since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution against the regime in mid-March 2011. This achievement follows five days of intense operations led by the "Military Operations Administration," a coalition of various opposition factions, under the banner of the "Deter Aggression" campaign launched early last Wednesday. During this campaign, the factions seized control of the "46th Brigade" and the entirety of the western Aleppo countryside, advancing to the outskirts of the city from its western neighborhoods. "Deter Aggression" Factions Advance into Western Aleppo Over the past two days, fac...

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  A Monk on the Path By Tareq Hamida The narration says, “When the magician grew old, he said to the king, ‘I have grown old, so send me a boy whom I can teach magic.’ So the king sent him a boy to teach.” Here, several questions arise: - Why is the magician keen to pass on his magic to someone else after him? - Why does he want it to be a boy? - Why did he wait until he grew old? - Why does he feel the need to tell the king, “I have grown old”? - How will this boy be chosen? Since it is the devil who guides the magician, he wants the state of disbelief and deviation from the path of God to continue. Moreover, when a person is forsaken by God and surrounded by sins, he does not stop at being corrupt but also seeks to be a corrupter, having an ongoing negative influence around him. As for why the magician waited until he grew old, if he had requested this earlier, he would fear that the boy might compete with him or take his place and position. Why did he need ...