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America Shows There Is No Need To Fear Iran

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 June 2025

This entry was posted in Iran, Iran Deal and tagged bunker busters, centrifuges, Donald Trump, Fordow, Iran, Isfahan, Islamic imperialism, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolution, Islamism, Israel, missile programs, missiles, Natanz, nuclear weapons, terrorism, Tomahawk cruise missiles, United States, uranium enrichment on June 22, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Israel Moves to Disarm Iran

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 13 June 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Iran Deal and tagged anticipatory self-defence, ballistic missile program, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Europe, Fordow, Gaza War, Gholamali Rashid, Hossein Salami, Intelligence, international law, Iran, IRGC, Isfahan, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Mohammad Bagheri, MOSSAD, Natanz, nuclear weapons, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Operation RISING LION, pre-emptive war, preventive war, terrorism on June 13, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

HAMAS Reportedly Admits To Being in Crisis

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Islamic Militancy, Israel and tagged Al-Aqsa Flood, Al-Qassam Brigades, Antisemitism, Asharq al-Awsat, Britain, disinformation, Donald Trump, Europe, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Hizballah, humanitarian aid, Intelligence, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Resistance Movement, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Izzadeen al-Qassam Brigades, Kataib al-Shahid Izz al-Din al-Qassam, Khan Younis, Khan Yunis, LAF, Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanon, media, misinformation, Mohammad Shabana, Mohammed Sinwar, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Operation GIDEON’S CHARIOTS, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, PLO, political warfare, Qassam Brigades, Rafah Brigade, Saudi Arabia, Simchat Torah pogrom, United Nations, West Bank, Yahya Sinwar on May 24, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

What Iran’s Leaks Really Tell Us About Syrian “Interim” President Ahmad al-Shara’s Past with the Islamic State

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Syria, Syrian Insurgency and tagged 9/11, Abd al-Rahman al-Qaduli, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Abu Anas al-Sahaba, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Ghraib Prison, Abu Julaybeeb, Abu Julaybib, Abu Mariya al-Qahtani, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, Abu Mutaz al-Qurayshi, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Omar al-Filistini, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Filistini, Adnan al-Suwaydawi, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad Husayn al-Shara, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, Al-Aqsa Intifada, al-Hashd al-Shabi, al-Qaeda, al-Sahwa al-Islamiyya, Ali Muhammad al-Shara, Ali Muhammad al-Sharaa, Amjad Muzafar Husayn Ali al-Nuaymi, Anas Hassan Khattab, Antisemitism, Arab nationalism, Arab-Afghans, Askari Mosque, atrocities, Awakening, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ba’ath, Ba’athists, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Bassam Ahmad al-Hasri, Bosnia, Camp Bucca, Camp Cropper, Colonel Gaddafi, Communism, corrective coup, crimes against humanity, Egypt, Fadel al-Hiyali, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Hafez al-Asad, Hafez al-Assad, Haji Bakr, Haji Dawud, Haji Mutaz, HAMAS, Hamid al-Zawi, Husayn al-Shara, Husayn Ali al-Shara, Hussein al-Sharaa, Hussein Ali al-Sharaa, Ibrahim al-Badri, Ikhwan, information operation, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Awakening, Islamic resistance, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Iyad al-Tubaysi, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jaysh al-Quds, Jews, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, Joint Special Operations Command, Jordan, JSOC, Juhayman al-Otaybi, Juhayman al-Utaybi, Jund al-Sham, KGB, Lebanon, Maysar al-Jabouri, Maysar al-Jiburi, Maysar Ali Musa Abdullah al-Juburi, Mosul, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Muhammad al-Sudani, mukhabarat, muqawama, Muslim Brotherhood, Mustafa Abd al-Latif al-Saleh, Nasserism, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinians, pan-Arabism, PLO, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, radicalism, Ruhollah Khomeini, Sabereen, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Sahwa, Salafism, Saleh al-Hamawi, Samir al-Khlifawi, Saudi Arabia, Second Intifada, secret police, Sednaya, September 11 attacks, Shah, shari’a, Shi’a militias, Six-Day War, Soviet Union, Special Groups, suicide bombers, Surge, Syria, Taha Falaha, Taji Prison, terrorism, The Army of Jerusalem, United Arab Republic, Wahhabism, Zarqawists on May 3, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

A Note on the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Dependence on Iran

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 May 2025

Muhammad al-Sudani has been Iraq’s Prime Minister since October 2022. He was installed at Iran’s behest after a year-long political logjam following the 2021 Iraqi elections. The political fronts for Iran’s terrorist-militias lost those elections, but Tehran picked the Prime Minister anyway.

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This entry was posted in Iran, Iraq and tagged AAH, Abdul Reza Shahlai, Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani, al-Hashd al-Shabi, AMAL, America, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Dawa Party, Fatah Alliance, Hamid al-Utabi, Hamid Thajil Warij al-Attabi, Hamid Thajil Warij al-Utabi, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Houthis, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, Islamic Dawa Party, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Jamal al-Ibrahimi, Jaysh al-Mahdi, Joint Security Station, Karbala raid, Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Laith al-Khazali, Layth al-Khazali, Lebanon, Mahdi Army, Middle East, Mohammed al-Sudani, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Muhammad al-Sudani, Muqtada al-Sadr, Peter Moore, politics, Popular Mobilization Units, Qais al-Khazali, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Qays al-Khazali, Qods Force, Quds Force, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, Shi'a militias, Special Groups, Syria, terrorism, Yemen on May 3, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

The Evidence of Iran’s Responsibility for the October 7 Pogrom in Israel Keeps Piling Up

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 March 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Al-Aqsa Flood, Ali Khamenei, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Antisemitism, Axis of Resistance, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Esmail Qaani, Gaza, Gilad Shalit, HAMAS, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Holocaust, Houthis, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Jews, jihadism, JOC, Joint Operations Chamber, Khalil al-Hayya, Lebanon, Mohammad Said Izadi, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinians, PIJ, piracy, Qatar, Quds Force, Resistance Axis, Syria, terrorism, Yahya Sinwar, Yemen on March 26, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

The Flaws in the Israel-Hizballah Ceasefire

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 27 November 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, France, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Joe Biden, LAF, Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanon, UNIFIL, United Nations, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, United States on November 27, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Advocacy Journalism Has Been a Problem for Ages: Looking Back at Bosnia

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Bosnia, Iran, Islamic Militancy and tagged activism, Adnan Jahić, advocacy journalism, AKP, al-Qaeda, Alija Izetbegović, Arkan, Asim Blekić, assassination, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Çetin Doğan, Balyoz, Bill Clinton, Borislav Herak, Bosnian civil war, Bošniaks, Branko Veleć, Britain, Caco, Captive Nations, China, Christiane Amanpour, CNN, Communism, Counterintelligence Service, crimes against humanity, Croatia, Croats, cult, Dani Rodrik, Deep State, Douglas Hurd, Ed Vulliamy, El-Mudžahid Brigade, Ergenekon, ethnic cleansing, Ettela’at, Eve-Ann Prentice, false flags, fascism, Fethullah Gülen, Fikret Muslimović, Franjo Tudjman, Franjo Tuđman, genocide, Greater Serbia, HAMAS, Handschar Division, Hasan Čengić, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Hizmet Hareketi, Hizmet movement, ICTY, Imad Mughniya, Imad Mughniyeh, international aid, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, international law, Iran, Iranian Intelligence Ministry, IRGC, Islam, Islamic Declaration, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, jihadism, jihadists, JNA, Josip Broz Tito, journalism, Jugoslav National Army, Jugoslavija, Juka Prazina, Juka’s Wolves, Justice and Development Party, Jusuf Prazina, Kasim Blekić, Kemalism, Kemalists, Khaled Sheikh Muhammad, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, KOS, Koševo Hospital, Kravica massacre, Krso Ramiz, Larks, League of Communists, Lewis MacKenzie, Lisbon Agreement, Macedonia, Mate Boban, media, Mirsad Tokača, Montenegro, Muhammad Amin al-Husayni, Muslims, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Mušan Topalović, Naser Orić, nationalism, NATO, Nazis, Nedžad Ugljen, New York Times, Nikola Gardović, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Odred el-Mudžahid, Omarska, Operation DESERT STORM, Operation FRAME, Operation STORM, Orthodox Christians, Osama bin Laden, Ottoman Empire, pan-Islamism, Party of Democratic Action, Patriotic League, political warfare, PR, propaganda, public relations, Radovan Karadžić, Ramiz Delalić, rape as a weapon of war, Ratko Mladić, Rebecca West, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, religion, Renate Flottau, Republic of Serbian Krajina, Republika Srpska, Risto Pustivuk, Roman Catholics, Samantha Power, Sandžak, SDA, secret police, secularism, Sefer Halilović, Senad Avdić, Serbia, Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbs, Seventh Muslim Brigade, Sledgehammer, Slobodan Milošević, Slobodna Bosna, Slovenia, Soviet Union, Srebrenica Massacre, Sretko Damjanović, SS, State Department, strategic messaging, Third Balkan War, Third World Relief Agency, Trnopolje, Turkey, United Nations, United States, Usama bin Laden, VEVAK, Vojislav Šešelj, war crimes, war rape, Young Muslims, Yugoslavia, Zvornik, Ševe, Željko Ražnatović, Ćelo on October 26, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Israel Prepared Well For the War With Hizballah in Lebanon

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 23 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Abbas Nilforoushan, Ahmad Mahmoud Wahabi, Ali Karaki, Ariel Sharon, Axis of Resistance, Aziz Unit, ceasefire, Dahiyeh Doctrine, diplomacy, displaced people, Fuad Shukr, Gaza, HAMAS, Hashem Safieddine, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Hizballah, human shields, Ibrahim Aqil, Ibrahim Qubaisi, IDF, Intelligence, Ireland, IRGC, IRGC Network, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Jihad Council, jihadism, Lebanon, Marine barracks bombing, Mohammed Naame Nasser, Mohammed Surur, MOSSAD, NATO, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinians, PLO, Radwan Force, refugees, Resistance Axis, Sami Taleb Abdallah, Suleiman Frangieh, Syria, terrorism, UNIFIL, United Nations, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, United States, Wafiq Safa, Wissam al-Tawil on October 23, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

The Perpetrators of the October 7 Pogrom Had to Die

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged HAMAS, Hashem Safieddine, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Intelligence, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamists, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Marwan Issa, Mohammed Deif, Mohammed Sinwar, MOSSAD, Muhammad Deif, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestinians, Rawhi Mushtaha, Saleh al-Arouri, Saleh al-Aruri, terrorism, Yahya Sinwar on October 17, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

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