Exploring the Role of Socio-economics and Sectarianism in Terrorist Recruitment

It becomes evident that the Islamic State’s recruitment strategies are primarily aimed at ideologically preparing jihadists to execute terrorist operations within their home countries. Therefore, European and American security agencies need to enhance their surveillance of social networks, Islamic forums, and Islamic sermons, and monitor those who regularly visit them.
Moreover, the international coalition against terrorism must earnestly address the tensions between the Kurds and Arabs, and between the Shiites and Sunnis.

مشروع مناطق متوازية

خارطة طريق لحل الخلافات السوريين برعاية أمريكية ، وإشراف شخصيات سورية تؤمن بثقافة التعايش والحرية والعدالة الإنسانية ، لضمان التنفيذ السوري الناجح لقرارات جنيف (1) بعيدًا عن التدخل الروسي غير المجدي في اجتماعات أستانة بقلم الباحث: عصام خوري المركز التشيكي السلوفاكي للدراسات المشرقية & مركز التنمية البيئة والاجتماعية حزيران ٢٠٢٣ المرحلة الأولى: ضبط الحدود السورية-العراقية…

Parallel Zones Project

By, Issam Khoury CSIORS &CESD June 2023 This is a roadmap for resolving disputes in Syria under American guidance, and with the oversight of Syrian figures who believe in the culture of coexistence, freedom, and human justice. It aims to ensure successful implementation of the Geneva I Conference decisions by Syria, without the unnecessary Russian…

Honoring Anwar Al-Bunni in New York

Political literature shows “The Art of the Possible ” as a pragmatic case, far from ideal thought, but if this art adheres to the standards of constitutional rights of great nations, it will serve a basic idea, which is constitutional justice.

The de facto ruler of the Iraqi Shiites

Issam Khoury published a Policy paper entitled The de facto ruler of the Iraqi Shiites, on Nov 2022. The text analyzes the dynamics of relations between Iraqi Islamists and Iran.
Al-Sadr and the United States are not consensual, but in politics, there is nothing impossible. Therefore, if Washington and Israel are serious in their efforts to dwarf Iranian expansion in the Arab region, they should support the Arab countries against Tehran with intelligence and logistics, in order to provide Al-Sadr with what enables him to eliminate his opponents and restore the Shiites Iraqis for the Iraqi identity, and this matter is met with thirst by all Iraqis who have realized that the Iranian project in Iraq is a subversive project and cannot become a development project.

The Muslim Brotherhood and the Turkish government

Issam Khoury published a Policy paper entitled The Muslim Brotherhood and the Turkish Government. The text analyzes the dynamics of relations between Turkish Islamist figures and the secular state and the recent development of pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood in Turkey.

فاطميون أم داعش

المستفيد من هذه العمليات ليس الدولة الإسلامية وحسب، بل هناك قوة إقليمية من أبرزها طهران، بالإضافة للنظام السوري الذي يسعى لتصوير نفسه كفريق سياسيا غير راديكالي متطرف رغم أنه متسبب بجرائم حرب وإبادة جماعية، تفوق بحجمها جرائم الجماعات الراديكالية المتطرفة
بقلم: عصام خوري

The response to the earthquake in Syria and Turkey

By, Issam Khoury
1,556 victims arrived at the Bab al-Hawa crossing from Turkey, which makes the total number of victims 4,963 victims.

In fact, this number is less than the figure announced by Agence France-Presse estimated at 5,800 victims, and it does not match any of the statistics of the Syrian Network for Human Rights or the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Human, or the Syrian regime.