Al-Rayah Newspaper: Issue 584 in English
On January 18, 2026, the Syrian interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, signed an agreement for a ceasefire, and the full integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the Syrian army. This followed rapid security and military developments in the preceding days.
One of the most dangerous things facing the Islamic Ummah today is that its youth fall into the traps of hellish, corrupting plans. The youth constitute about 60% of the Islamic Ummah, and by corrupting them, the West ensures its survival, continuity, and the spread of its deviant and perverse ideas.
It is not surprising that a party (hizb) which does not recognize the rules of the existing international order, does not seek permission from ruling regimes to promote its ideology, and refuses to derive its legitimacy from human constitutions or political recognitions, would be targeted.
In the Arab world, it has long been promoted that political stability is a prerequisite for economic development, and that any political openness could lead to chaos and hinder growth. The dichotomy of political stability versus development has become one of the most prevalent themes in Arab political discourse since the post-independence era.
Al Jazeera website reported on January 22, 2026 that Lieutenant General Ahmed Ibrahim Mufaddal, Director of the Sudanese Intelligence Service, visited Washington and discussed several issues, most importantly security. In two rounds of dialogue between them since the outbreak of the war in Sudan, the Director General of the Intelligence Service...
In a world exhausted by wars, the word “peace” appears enticing enough to be placed atop the largest and most ambiguous projects. And when wounded and battered Gaza is invoked as the banner for a new international board of peace, one is led to believe that the world has finally decided to listen to the pain.
Since World War I ended, and the Uthmani Khilafah (Ottoman Caliphate) was abolished in 1924, the Middle East has been under the influence of international colonialist powers. The region was shaped in a way that prevents the return of the Khilafah (Caliphate).
