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Syrian School Network Teaches Jihadist and Anti-Israel Indoctrination
(Alma Research & Education Center) Dvir Peri - The Dar al-Wahi al-Sharif school network, affiliated with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), operates as part of the official education system of Syria's regime under the leadership of Ahmad al-Sharaa. HTS is the Sunni Islamist political and paramilitary organization that spearheaded the 2024 rebellion to oust President Assad. Under al-Sharaa's leadership, HTS now governs major parts of Syria. Throughout the religious curriculum, consistent messages appear of jihadist and anti-Israeli indoctrination, beginning in kindergarten and intensifying as students advance. Israel is consistently portrayed as "the Zionist enemy," while educational maps erase its existence and replace it with the name "Palestine." Educational materials frame the conflict as an ongoing religious struggle between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Jihad is presented as a desirable means of confronting unbelievers, while fighting Islam's enemies is portrayed as a religious obligation.