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(Picture by Jesse B. Jackson, a U.S. Consul who brought aid to the Syrian camps saving thousands of Armenians.)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/4.jpgAdmiral John de Robeck, the British High Commissioner in Turkeyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/4.pngThe ethnic make-up of the "Six Armenian Provinces" (as the Treaty of Berlin called them), according to the Armenian Church in 1912https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/3.gifCiliciahttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2.pngArmenian-majority areas (dark pink) and areas with a substantial Armenian population (light pink), 1914https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1.jpg12026-03-15T17:50:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/03/08/what-is-trump-trying-to-do-in-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1-3.png12026-03-09T20:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/03/09/sizing-up-irans-new-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1-2.png12026-03-15T18:02:42+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/03/04/britain-should-shut-down-irans-subversive-islamic-institutions/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1.jpg1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.png22026-03-04T22:53:27+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/01/25/a-note-on-the-concept-of-sacral-monarchy-in-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/shah-coronation.pngShah coronation2026-03-04T00:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/03/03/russia-the-armenians-and-the-ottoman-empire-a-first-world-war-memoir/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1-1.png12026-03-03T23:57:32+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/03/01/the-death-of-irans-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-and-the-fate-of-the-islamic-republic/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1.png12026-03-04T00:26:38+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/02/25/what-the-captured-documents-in-gaza-tell-us-about-hamass-relationship-with-the-humanitarian-ngos/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/mohammad-el-halabi.pngMohammad el-Halabi2026-02-28T22:11:45+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/10/03/film-review-the-paedophile-hunter-2014-by-stinson-hunter/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1.jpg2026-02-23T22:17:54+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/02/18/is-trump-using-negotiations-or-war-as-the-bluff-with-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1.png12026-02-19T15:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/02/09/damned-lies-and-statistics-al-qaeda-edition/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/aqim.pngAQIM2026-02-16T13:50:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/02/12/the-whites-in-the-russian-civil-war-were-not-monarchists/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ice-march-2.jpgIce March 22026-02-15T17:19:59+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/01/17/the-fall-of-the-shah-and-the-rise-of-islamism/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2b.jpgYasser Arafat (C) with IRGC officials, Mohammad Saleh al-Hosseini (L) and Mohsen Rafighdoost (R) [source}https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shah-8.jpgWilliam Sullivan, 1972 [source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shah-7.jpgParviz Sabeti [source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shah-4.jpgIbrahim Yazdi, 1979 [source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shah-3.jpgSadegh Ghotbzadeh with pro-Khomeini Ayatollah Abdullah Musawi Shirazi, Mashhad, 1979 [source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shah-2.jpgAbolhassan Banisadr, Mehdi Bazargan, Ruhollah Khomeini [source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shah-1.jpgReza Shah and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, 1934, Turkey [source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shah-6.jpgshah 62026-02-10T02:38:16+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/02/03/the-suffering-of-the-israeli-hostages-taken-by-hamas/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/last-israeli-hostages.pngLast Israeli hostages2026-02-05T02:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/01/26/khomeini-orchestrated-the-1979-hostage-crisis-because-iranian-american-relations-were-going-too-well/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/american-hostages-iran.pngAmerican hostages Iran2026-01-27T18:10:08+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/01/19/how-the-palestinians-enabled-the-islamic-revolution-in-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1-3.png12026-01-20T16:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2022/02/12/islamic-state-profiles-abu-rawaha-al-ansari-of-wilayat-sinai/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/al-naba-324.pngAl-Naba 3242026-01-13T00:59:39+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/01/12/credit-where-it-is-due-trumps-campaign-against-the-international-criminal-court-is-working/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1-2.png12026-01-12T17:09:01+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/01/11/the-return-of-the-king-in-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1-1.png12026-01-11T22:53:06+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2026/01/06/trump-and-venezuela-is-this-regime-change/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1.png12026-01-10T22:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/12/28/the-islamic-states-al-naba-editorial-on-the-bondi-hanukkah-massacre/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/al-naba-526-editorial.pngAl-Naba 526 editorial2025-12-29T17:42:51+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/12/26/can-americas-strikes-on-islamic-state-in-nigeria-lead-to-a-serious-policy/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1-2.jpg12025-12-29T22:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/12/15/australias-failures-to-deal-with-islamism-and-antisemitism-led-to-the-bondi-hanukkah-massacre/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1-1.jpg12025-12-27T22:03:57+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/12/23/ruth-morton-and-british-intelligence-in-the-falklands-war/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ruth-morton.pngRuth Morton2025-12-27T21:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/06/25/general-francos-intentions-in-the-second-world-war/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/general-franco.pngGeneral Franco2025-12-20T01:07:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2024/06/19/arab-statements-of-exterminationist-intent-before-the-1967-war/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1.png12025-12-17T02:48:43+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/08/09/the-role-of-the-fraternal-parties-in-the-soviet-unions-global-mission/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/bolshevism-1919.pngBolshevism, 19192025-12-06T19:25:27+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/12/03/the-soviet-propaganda-and-terrorism-offensive-against-pinochets-chile/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1.jpg12025-12-04T23:11:19+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/12/02/soviet-strategy-and-the-downfall-of-salvador-allende/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1.png12025-12-05T00:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/11/28/the-russian-terrorist-revolutionary-movement-1866-1876/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/narodnik-painting.jpegNarodnik painting2025-11-29T11:59:06+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/11/23/the-revolutionary-catechism-by-sergey-nechayev/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/sergey-nechayev.pngSergey Nechayev2025-11-23T22:58:02+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2024/09/30/the-russian-terrorist-revolutionary-movement-1845-1866/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-2.jpg12025-11-23T13:10:58+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/12/28/the-cia-and-iraq-intelligence-failures-media-successes/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1.png12025-11-21T01:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/12/22/why-was-there-ever-an-american-occupation-of-iraq/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1.png12025-11-21T01:26:23+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/11/18/a-microcosm-of-why-theres-no-israeli-palestinian-peace/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/1.png12025-11-18T14:24:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/11/16/maxim-gorky-and-whitewashing-soviet-crimes/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/maxim-gorky-2.pngMaxim Gorky 22025-11-16T10:19:01+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/11/13/can-syrias-future-escape-ahmad-al-sharas-past/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/trump-and-al-shara.pngTrump and Al-Shara2025-11-15T18:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/30/the-islamic-states-relationship-with-al-qaeda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/121.jpg1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/120.jpgAhmad al-Khalayleh in his first public appearance as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, April 2006https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/21.jpgAhmad al-Khalayleh, long before he was Abu Musab al-Zarqawihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/119.jpg12025-11-10T20:20:04+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2020/06/11/france-kill-drukdel-aqim/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1.pngAbd al-Malek Drukdel, last video, March 2020 [image source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1-1.jpg[image source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1.jpgAlgeria-Mali border [image source]2025-11-10T20:05:24+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/14/the-structure-of-al-qaeda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/12.pngScreenshot of Mostafa Mahamed (Abu Sulayman al-Muhajir) during a video interview, 12 April 20142025-11-10T19:46:28+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/02/08/isis-paris-attacks-salah-abdeslam-naba/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/salah-abdeslam-1-april-2016.jpgSalah Abdeslam in prison, April 2016 (image source)2025-11-10T15:37:12+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/11/08/tolkien-the-second-world-war-and-fighting-evil-without-becoming-evil/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/j.r.r.-tolkien.pngJ.R.R. Tolkien2025-11-10T10:33:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/05/20/obituary-bernard-lewis/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/bernard-lewis.pngbernard-lewis2025-11-08T12:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/10/31/the-nazis-who-fled-to-south-america-where-who-and-why/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/nazis-in-latin-america.pngNazis in Latin America2025-11-03T00:01:02+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/10/29/a-note-on-the-history-of-uruguay-to-1945/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/montevideo.pngMontevideo2025-10-30T13:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/10/25/islamic-state-sets-its-sights-on-libya-as-a-launchpad-for-terrorism-against-europe/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/11-2.jpg112025-10-27T00:59:57+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/10/24/islamic-states-commentary-on-israel-so-far-in-2025/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/11-1.jpg112025-10-26T18:33:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/10/21/the-islamic-states-attack-reports-and-ideological-focus-in-al-naba-from-june-to-october-2025/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/11.jpg112025-10-26T18:23:09+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2024/10/06/a-note-on-irans-control-of-iraq/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-3.png12025-10-22T18:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/06/11/senior-islamic-state-cleric-turki-al-binali-killed-in-an-airstrike/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Turki-al-Binali-and-Abu-Bakr-al-Qahtani.jpgTurki al-Binali and Abu Bakr al-QahtaniUPDATE: Turki al-Binali and Abu Bakr al-Qahtani [source: Tore Hamming]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1aaa4.jpgTurki al-Binali at prayers in Raqqa, July 20152025-10-21T17:47:27+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/09/22/islamic-state-spokesman-calls-for-attacks-against-the-west/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/11.jpg12025-10-20T22:25:54+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2023/04/04/a-note-on-the-ancient-greek-understanding-of-beauty/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1-1.png12025-10-16T22:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/10/07/israels-war-with-its-enemies-has-only-ever-been-about-the-october-7-massacre/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/october-7-1.pngOctober 7 (1)2025-10-16T18:02:04+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/10/12/hamas-planned-for-the-massacre-torture-and-hostage-taking-on-october-7-more-than-a-year-in-advance/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1.jpg12025-10-14T14:36:18+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/10/04/nazis-augusto-pinochet-and-soviet-propaganda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pinochet.jpgFormer Chilean leader and current Commander of theSANTIAGO, CHILE: Former Chilean leader and current Commander of the Chilean Armed Forces, Gen. Augusto Pinochet listens to a military band playing before his residence in Santiago 11 September to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the coup he led to overthrow the government of Salvador Allende. Pinochet is expected to retire in 1998. 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Other photos are very rare2025-05-16T00:23:29+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/06/26/relations-saddam-al-qaeda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sadkhan.pngJawad Jabbar Sadkhan al-Sahlanihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/13.jpgOsama bin Laden (L) and Ayman az-Zawahiri (R)2025-05-16T00:09:54+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/03/01/a-new-branch-of-al-qaeda-emerges-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hurras-al-deen-logo.jpgHurras al-Deen logo2025-05-15T15:08:15+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/02/09/the-end-of-the-line-for-the-beatles-of-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/el-shafee-elsheikh-1-new-picture-2018.jpgEl Shafee Elsheikh 1 New picture (2018)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/alexanda-kotey-1-new-picture-2018.jpgAlexanda Kotey 1 New picture (2018)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aine-davis.pngAine Davis (image source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mohammed-emwazi-in-al-naba-2.pngMohammed Emwazi (source: Al-Naba)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/16.pngEl Shafee Elsheikh (image source) and Alexanda Kotey (image source)2025-05-15T15:04:54+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/02/06/al-qaeda-letter-on-relations-with-the-islamic-state-and-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/14.pngUsama bin Ladin in an al-Qaeda video (image source: CNN)2025-05-15T15:04:05+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/02/05/al-qaedas-first-military-emir/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/212.jpgMoments after the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya on 7 August 1998 (picture source: UPI)2025-05-15T15:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/01/06/islamic-states-first-leader-denies-he-has-been-captured-west-wonders-if-he-exists/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3.jpgIraqi soldiers from the 1st Iraqi Army Division and U.S. Soldiers board a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter at Camp Ramadi, 15 Nov. 2015 (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre, U.S. Air Force)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2016-12-17-is-west-of-deir-ezzor-p2.jpg(2016-12-17)- IS west of Deir Ezzorhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/abu-umar-al-baghdadi-fake.jpgImage from Al-Iraqiya TV of the man in Iraqi custody, whom the government claimed was Abu Umar al-Baghdadi. (AP Photo, 28 April 2009)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/abu-umar-al-baghdadi-al-arabiya-2008.jpgHamid al-Zawi, the real Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, released by Al-Arabiya, May 20082025-05-15T15:02:15+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/12/profile-of-an-islamic-state-media-emir-abu-zahra-al-issawi/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/13.png2025-05-15T15:01:05+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/10/27/clerics-put-forward-an-initiative-to-unite-jihadists-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/13.jpg12025-05-15T14:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/09/03/america-sanctions-the-islamic-states-intelligence-chief/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1.pngAhmad al-Khald (source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2014-07-28-upon-the-prophetic-methodology-4.png(2014-07-28)- 'Upon the Prophetic Methodology' 42025-05-15T14:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/08/06/the-leadership-structure-of-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/iyad-al-ubaydi-abu-saleh-al-hayfa-1.jpgIyad al-Ubaydi (Abu Saleh Hayfa) (source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/iyad-al-jumayli-abu-yahya-al-iraqi-l-and-iyad-al-ubaydi-abu-saleh-al-hayfa-r.jpgIyad al-Jumayli (Abu Yahya al-Iraqi) [Left] and Iyad al-Ubaydi (Abu Saleh al-Hayfa) [Right], somewhere in Syria (source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/iyad-al-ubaydi-abu-saleh-al-hayfa-3.jpgIyad al-Ubaydi (Abu Saleh al-Hayfa) [source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tirad-al-jarba-1.pngTirad al-Jarba 1Tirad al-Jarba (source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/iyad-al-jumayli.pngIyad al-Jumayli when arrested, mid-2000s (source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/iyad-al-ubaydi.pngIyad al-Ubaydi (source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1.jpg12025-05-15T14:54:11+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/07/28/the-fall-of-islamic-states-caliphate-wont-end-the-foreign-attacks/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/abdelilah-himich-abu-sulayman-al-firansi-1.jpgAbdelilah Himich (Abu Sulayman al-Firansi)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mohamed-mahmoud-abu-usama-al-gharib.jpgMohamed Mahmoud (Abu Usama al-Gharib)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/bjorn-stritzel.jpgBILD journalist Bjorn Stritzelhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/11.jpgRiaz Khan Ahmadzai (Muhammad Riyad), Anis Amri, Mohammad Daleel2025-05-15T14:49:37+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/03/10/islamic-state-recommends-more-gentleness-in-dealing-with-sinners/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/11.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2017-03-26-countryside-utopia-wilayat-kirkuk-4.jpg(2017-03-26)- Countryside utopia, Wilayat Kirkuk 42025-05-15T14:05:30+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/05/10/rebel-turned-jihadist-saddam-al-jamal-reported-captured/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ismail-al-ithawi-1.jpgIsmail al-Ithawi (picture via Daniele Raineri)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/saddam-al-jamal-1.jpgSaddam al-Jamal after his capture, 9 May 2018 (image source)2025-05-15T14:04:15+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/05/26/islamic-state-mourns-a-saudi-jihadist-in-yemen/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/abu-karam-al-hadrami-2.jpgAbu Karam al-Hadrami "martyrdom" picture from the Islamic State in Yemenhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/abu-karam-al-hadrami.pngAhmad bin Sa’id al-Amudi (Abu Karam al-Hadrami) // Picture from page 9 of Al-Naba 133 (25 May 2018)2025-05-15T14:03:27+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/08/22/islamic-state-leader-urges-patience-as-the-path-to-victory/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/18.jpg12025-05-15T14:02:29+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/09/12/zawahiri-9-11-speech-america-iran-encourage-regional-terrorism/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1.png12025-05-15T14:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2020/05/23/former-head-of-islamic-state-executive-committee-speaks/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1.jpg1Anwar Farhan (image source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1.pngAbd al-Nasr, who claims his real name is allegedly Taha al-Ghassani (image sources 1 & 2)2025-05-15T14:00:07+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2020/06/13/islamic-state-is-resurging-in-libya/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/al-naba-178-shaykh-masud-1.pngAl-Naba 178 - Shaykh MasudShaykh Masud, Al-Naba 178 [18 April 2019]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/al-naba-178-shaykh-masud.pngAl-Naba 178 - Shaykh MasudShaykh Masud, Al-Naba 178 [18 April 2019]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/al-naba-181-spoils.pngAl-Naba 181 - spoilsGhanima (war spoils) captured by Islamic State in Sabha, Libya [Al-Naba 181, 9 May 2019]2025-05-15T13:57:10+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/04/03/the-first-interview-with-the-islamic-states-war-minister-2008/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/abu-hamza-al-muhajir.pngabu-hamza-al-muhajir2025-05-15T13:55:35+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/05/08/islamic-state-profiles-the-godfather-of-its-media-department/2025-05-15T13:52:26+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/11/08/in-search-of-the-caliph/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1.jpg1The destroyed compound where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was found in Syria // Drone footage taken by Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency2025-05-15T13:46:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/30/raqqa-doesnt-want-to-be-liberated-by-the-wests-partners/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/13.pngMap of the tribes around Raqqa city (source: WINEP report)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/12.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/12.pngMap of the tribes around Raqqa city (source: WINEP report)2025-05-15T13:38:25+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/20/the-islamic-state-expands-its-definition-of-heresy/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016-11-10-is-closing-in-on-palmyra-p14.png(2016-11-10)- IS closing in on Palmyra P142025-05-15T13:37:27+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/02/al-qaeda-aligned-jihadist-in-syria-condemns-rebel-group-jaysh-al-islam/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2.jpg22025-05-15T13:35:24+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/12/07/the-end-of-the-beginning-for-the-islamic-state-in-libya/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/218.jpg(source)2025-05-15T13:34:13+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/01/13/al-qaeda-leader-focuses-on-main-enemies-saudi-arabia-and-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/13.png12025-05-15T13:32:44+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/09/22/the-islamic-state-between-al-qaeda-and-saddam-hussein/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/19.jpgAbu Musab az-Zarqawi2025-05-15T13:30:45+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/10/08/wikibaghdady-claims-to-leak-the-islamic-states-secrets/2025-05-15T12:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/09/12/the-islamic-states-obituary-for-abu-ayman-al-iraqi/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ali-al-aswad-abu-ayman-al-iraqi-2.jpgAli al-Aswad (Abu Ayman al-Iraqi) 2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-05-15-adnan-al-suwaydawi-3.jpg(2016-05-15)- Adnan al-Suwaydawi 3https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ali-al-aswad-abu-ayman-al-iraqi-1.pngAli al-Aswad (Abu Ayman al-Iraqi), al-Naba, 20 July 20172026-01-15T22:25:00+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/09/11/the-chief-of-staff-of-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-11-10-is-closing-in-on-palmyra-p8.png(2016-11-10)- IS closing in on Palmyra P82025-05-15T02:08:41+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/03/16/profile-first-spokesman-of-the-islamic-state-movement/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2016-12-11-is-in-jazal-near-palmyra-p5.jpg(2016-12-11)- IS in Jazal, near Palmyra P52025-05-15T02:08:28+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/05/10/the-reappearance-of-the-caliph/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/abb-2.pngABB 2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/abb-3.pngABB 3https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/abb-4.pngABB 4https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/abb-1-1.pngABB 1The leader of the Islamic State, Ibrahim al-Badri (Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) appearing in an Islamic State propaganda video, "In the Hospitality of Amir al-Mu'mineen, 29 April 2019https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/abb-1.pngThe leader of the Islamic State, Ibrahim al-Badri (Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) appearing in an Islamic State propaganda video, "In the Hospitality of Amir al-Mu'mineen, 29 April 20192025-05-15T02:08:02+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/04/06/islamic-state-profiles-the-leadership/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/28.-abu-dawud-al-halabi.jpgAbu Dawud al-HalabiAbu Dawud al-Halabihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/29.-fadel-al-hiyali-abu-mutaz-al-qurayshi-abu-muslim-al-turkmani.jpgFadel al-Hiyali (Abu Mutaz al-Qurayshi, Abu Muslim al-Turkmani)Fadel al-Hiyali (Abu Mutaz al-Qurayshi, Abu Muslim al-Turkmani)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/26.-abu-dawud-al-halabi.jpg26. Abu Dawud al-Halabihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/27.-abu-dawud-al-halabi.jpg27. Abu Dawud al-Halabihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/25.-abu-dawud-al-halabi.jpg25. Abu Dawud al-Halabihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/24.-tariq-al-harzi-abu-umar-al-tunisi.jpgTariq al-Harzi (Abu Umar al-Tunisi)Tariq al-Harzi (Abu Umar al-Tunisi)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/23.-tariq-al-harzi-abu-umar-al-tunisi.jpgTariq al-Harzi (Abu Umar al-Tunisi)Tariq al-Harzi (Abu Umar al-Tunisi)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/22.-abu-abd-al-barr-al-salahi-al-kuwaiti.jpgAbu Abd al-Barr al-Salahi al-KuwaitiAbu Abd al-Barr al-Salahi al-Kuwaitihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21.-manaf-al-rawi.jpgManaf al-RawiManaf al-Rawihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/19.-numan-al-zaydi-abu-sulayman-al-nasr.jpgNuman al-Zaydi (Abu Sulayman al-Nasr)Numan al-Zaydi (Abu Sulayman al-Nasr)2025-05-15T02:07:30+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/12/02/what-captured-isis-jihadists-tell-us-about-the-group/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/abdurrahman-al-qaduli-new-bio.pngAbdurrahman al-Qaduli (picture from biography written by his son)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1.jpgJamal al-Mashadani during confession video in Iraq (source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/usama-al-awaid-1.jpgUsama al-Awaid after capture by SDF (source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/blog-picture.jpgAn Islamic State poster near al-Sukhna in the eastern Homs desert, Syria, August 2017 (source) 2025-05-15T02:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/11/20/state-department-sanctions-abd-al-nasir-a-mysterious-senior-isis-official/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2017-10-14-islamic-stat-wilayat-al-baraka-fighting-north-of-al-jafra-with-pkk-8.jpgIslamic State video from Wilayat al-Baraka, north of al-Jafra, October 20172025-05-15T02:05:34+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/09/09/the-man-who-made-crime-pay-for-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/12.jpg(image source)2025-05-15T02:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/02/28/al-qaeda-leader-profiles-the-founder-of-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/21.pngAhmad al-Khalayleh (Abu Musab al-Zarqawi) [picture via Getty], Muhammad Zaydan (Sayf al-Adel) [picture via Kronos Advisory LLC]2025-05-15T02:04:36+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/08/30/islamist-clerics-reject-abu-muhammad-al-maqdisis-stance-on-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/18.jpg12025-05-15T02:04:09+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/02/al-qaeda-marches-on-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/14.jpgSamir al-Khlifawi (Haji Bakr)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13.jpgRifai Ahmed Taha (Abu Yasser al-Masri)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/12.jpgMohammed al-Bahaiya (Abu Khalid al-Suri)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/11.jpgAhmad al-Khalayleh (Abu Musab al-Zarqawi)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1.jpgMostafa Mahamed (Abu Sulayman al-Muhajir)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-07-28-abu-muhammad-al-jolani-and-his-deputies-announce-split.pngAhmad Salama Mabruk (Abu Faraj al-Masri), Ahmad al-Shara (Abu Muhammad al-Jolani), Abdulrahim Attuon (Abu Abdullah al-Shami)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-07-28-abu-muhammad-al-jolani-first-ever-pic-3-pm.jpgFirst ever picture of the leader of Jabhat al-Nusra (al-Qaeda in Syria), Ahmad al-Shara (Abu Muhammad al-Jolani), 28 July 20162025-05-15T02:03:58+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/01/23/from-bosnia-to-guantanamo/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bosnia-izetbegovic.jpgBosnia Izetbegovic970324-D-2987S-083 Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left), and President Alija Izetbegovic (right), of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, listen to a reporterÕs question during a media availability in the secretaryÕs office on March 24, 1997. The media availability followed an Armed Forces Honor Cordon welcoming Izetbegovic to the Pentagon. DoD photo by Helene C. Stikkel.https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bosnia-7th-muslim-brigade.jpgBosnia 7th Muslim Brigadehttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bosnia-sawah.pngTariq as-Sawah from his Guantanamo file, 2008https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bosnia-juka.jpgBosnia Jukahttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bosnia-nedc5bead-ugljen.jpgNedžad Ugljenhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bosnia-husseini.jpgAmin al-Husseini surveying the Handzar Division, November 1943https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscf0152-war-graves.jpgWar cemetery in Sarajevo (personal picture, July 2011)2025-05-15T02:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/03/25/obituary-abd-ar-rahman-mustafa-al-qaduli/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/abdurrahman-al-qaduli-al-naba-41.pngAbdurrahman al-Qaduli (al-Naba 41)Obituary for Abdurrahman al-Qaduli (Abu Ali al-Anbari) in al-Naba 41https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/22.jpg2Picture of Abd al-Rahman al-Qaduli (Abu Ali al-Anbari) after he was jailed by the U.S. in Iraqhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/13.png1Abd al-Rahman al-Qaduli (Abu Ali al-Anbari) in an Islamic State video in May 2016https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fawaz-al-hassan-2b.jpgFawaz al-Hassan 2bhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/al-shari1.pngAl-Shar'ihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/al-shari.pngAl-Shar'ihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/18.jpg(source)2025-05-15T02:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/12/02/defeating-the-islamic-state-for-good/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2016-07-11-is-fortifications-in-deir-ezzor.pngIslamic State fortifications in Deir Ezzor (from an IS video, 11 July 2016)2025-05-15T02:01:51+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/02/07/al-qaeda-reshapes-the-insurgency-in-northern-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hayat-tahrir-al-sham-1.jpgHay'at Tahrir al-Sham logo2025-05-15T02:01:12+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/31/adnan-al-suwaydawi-saddams-spy-islamic-state-leader/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2-copy.pngAdnan al-Suwaydawi, deceased, 2015https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/adnan-al-suwaydawi-2.pngadnan-al-suwaydawi-2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/adnan-al-suwaydawi-21.jpgPicture of Adnan al-Suwaydawi after he was arrested in 2007.https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/adnan-al-suwaydawi-2.jpghttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/adnan-al-suwaydawi-1.jpgAdnan al-Suwaydawi (source)2025-05-15T02:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/31/the-man-who-planned-the-islamic-states-takeover-of-mosul/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bilawi.pngAdnan al-Bilawi2025-05-15T02:00:10+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/28/abdallah-najem-al-jawari-a-key-early-leader-of-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/111.jpg12025-05-15T01:59:43+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/30/the-leader-of-the-islamic-state-in-the-2004-fallujah-battles-umar-hadid/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/abu-hamza-41.pngabu-hamza-4https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/gen-jassim-mohammed-saleh.jpggen-jassim-mohammed-salehGeneral Jassim Salehhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/umar-hadid-1-right.jpgumar-hadid-1-rightUmar Hadid [right] (source)2025-05-15T01:59:14+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/29/a-turncoat-still-loved-by-the-islamic-state-manaf-al-rawi/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/manaf-ar-rawi-1.pngmanaf-ar-rawi-1Manaf al-Rawi2025-05-15T01:58:38+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/01/26/ihh-al-qaeda-and-turkey/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1-2.jpgMavi Marmara arrives at Sarayburnu port as people wave Turkish and Palestinian flags, 26 December 2010 [source]2025-05-15T01:55:17+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/04/ayman-al-zawahiri-finally-addresses-the-problems-with-al-qaedas-syrian-branch/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5.jpg2025-05-15T01:53:40+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/03/14/inducement-and-terror-how-the-islamic-state-deals-with-sunni-social-leaders/2025-05-15T01:52:38+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/08/another-product-of-londonistan-abdullah-ibrahim-al-faisal/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/abdullah-al-faisal-1.jpgAbdullah al-Faisal2025-05-15T01:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/09/05/what-questions-remain-about-9-11/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180905_190422.jpg20180905_1904222025-05-15T01:46:05+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/06/01/jihadi-ally-calls-for-official-opposition-government-to-take-over-idlib/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1.jpg12025-05-15T01:44:24+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/30/jihadi-clerics-dispute-legitimacy-of-hayat-tahrir-al-sham/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1.jpg12025-05-15T01:42:01+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/12/06/al-qaeda-explains-its-split-with-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1.jpg12025-05-15T01:37:03+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/29/profile-of-hudayfa-al-batawi-former-islamic-state-emir-of-baghdad/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hudayfa-al-batawi-1.jpghudayfa-al-batawi-1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hudayfa-al-batawi-2.pnghudayfa-al-batawi-22025-05-15T01:26:57+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/06/07/is-the-islamic-state-about-to-kill-itself/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1.png1Abd al-Rahman al-Qaduli, Amr al-Absi, Tarkhan Batirashvili2025-05-15T01:25:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/02/27/al-qaedas-deputy-killed-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/abu-al-khayr-car-killed-in.jpgabu-al-khayr-car-killed-in2025-05-15T01:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/10/26/examining-irans-long-relationship-with-al-qaeda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/11.png12025-05-15T01:13:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/01/01/the-continuing-syrian-efforts-to-resist-jihadism/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1.jpgOpposition protests against Jabhat al-Nusra, Marat al-Numan, March 20162025-05-15T01:11:01+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/09/12/the-campaign-to-weaken-an-al-qaeda-affiliated-group-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1.jpg12025-05-15T01:08:32+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/19/clashes-jfs-ahrar-extended-to-mainstream-rebellion/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1b.jpg1bhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/116.jpg1Saraqa al-Makkihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hashem-al-shaykh-1.jpghashem-al-shaykh-1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/abu-saleh-al-tahhan-4.jpgabu-saleh-al-tahhan-4https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jaber-ali-pasha.jpgjaber-ali-pashaJaber Ali Pashahttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hayat-tahrir-al-sham-1.jpghayat-tahrir-al-sham-1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/aq-media-congratulate-hts.jpgaq-media-congratulate-htshttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/14.pngThe leader of Ahrar al-Sham, Ali al-Umar (Abu Ammar); the leader of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, Ahmad al-Shara (Abu Muhammad al-Jolani)2025-05-15T01:05:07+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/02/05/profile-of-a-9-11-planner-muhammad-atef/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/13.pngAl-Qaeda's military leader Muhammad Atef at a press conference in Afghanistan, 26 May 1998 (Image source: CNN)2025-05-15T01:03:20+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/10/20/martyr-for-the-cause/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/232.jpgMohamedou Ould Salahi2025-05-15T00:58:56+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/12/11/the-other-side-of-the-torture-debate/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/210.jpg22025-05-15T00:57:37+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/05/15/adnani-then-let-us-invoke-the-curse-of-allah-upon-the-liars/2025-05-15T00:55:36+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/05/hayat-tahrir-al-sham-gives-its-version-of-its-own-history-and-ties-to-al-qaeda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/abdurraheem-atun.pngAbdurraheem Atun2025-05-15T00:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/11/06/testimony-of-islamic-state-defector-abu-sulayman-al-utaybi/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/abu-sulayman-al-utaybi-1.pngAbu Sulayman al-Utaybihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/abu-sulayman-al-utaybi.pngAbu Sulayman al-Utaybi2025-05-14T23:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/12/29/abu-bakr-al-baghdadis-second-speech-as-islamic-state-leader/2025-05-14T00:58:42+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/31/obituary-taha-falaha-abu-muhammad-al-adnani/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/41.png4https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/110.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/taha-falaha-abu-muhammad-al-adnani-5b-demolishing-border-square-borders.jpgTaha Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani) 5b [Demolishing border, square borders]Taha Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani) demolishing the berms on the Iraq-Syria border. [29 JUN 2014]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/taha-falaha-abu-muhammad-al-adnani-5c-demolishing-border-smaller-pic.jpgTaha Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani) 5c [Demolishing border, smaller pic]Taha Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani) demolishing the berms on the Iraq-Syria border. [29 JUN 2014]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/taha-falaha-abu-muhammad-al-adnani-5b-demolishing-border-smaller-pic.jpgTaha Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani) 5b [Demolishing border, smaller pic]Taha Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani) demolishing the berms on the Iraq and Syria border. [Video uploaded 29 JUN 2014, also included Abu Umar al-Shishani and the Chilean-Norwegian Bastián Vásquez (Abu Safiyyah).]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/taha-falaha-abu-muhammad-al-adnani-1a-dabiq-2-thumbnail-2.pngTaha Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani) 1a [Dabiq 2, thumbnail] (2)Taha Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani), Dabiq 2 (July 2014)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/taha-falaha-abu-muhammad-al-adnani-1a-dabiq-thumbnail.pngTaha Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani) 1a [Dabiq, thumbnail]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/taha-falaha-abu-muhammad-al-adnani-1.pngTaha Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani) 1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fadel-al-hiyali.jpgfadel-al-hiyaliFadel al-Hiyali (Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, Haji Mutazz)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/muhammad-al-bahaya.jpgMuhammad al-Bahaya (Abu Khalid al-Suri)2025-05-13T19:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/09/18/obituary-wael-al-fayad-dr-wael-al-rawi/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/15.jpg1Tarkhan Batirashvili (Abu Umar al-Shishani)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/khalid-al-mashadani.jpgKhalid al-Mashadanihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/14.jpgRaqqa2025-05-13T19:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/12/16/the-islamic-states-media-apparatus-and-its-new-spokesman/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1.jpg12025-05-13T19:55:37+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/09/ahmad-abousamra-abu-sulayman-al-shami-american-top-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ahmad-abousamra-2.jpgAhmad Abousamra 2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ahmad-abousamra.pngAhmad Abousamra2025-05-13T19:55:29+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/03/05/the-second-cabinet-of-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ahmad-al-tai.pngahmad-al-tai2025-05-13T19:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/05/24/the-spokesmans-response-when-the-islamic-state-went-to-war-with-the-syrian-rebellion/2025-05-13T19:54:30+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/05/22/islamic-state-gaza-war-jerusalem-afghanistan-pakistan-kashmir-india-africa/2025-05-13T18:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/09/the-islamic-state-responds-to-america-moving-its-israeli-embassy-to-jerusalem/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/13.pngAl-Naba 109, 8 December 20172025-05-13T16:45:17+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/03/05/the-islamic-states-shadow-war-with-israel/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/al-naba-70.pngAl-Naba 70Al-Naba 70, released on 2 March 2017, p. 15. The caption under the picture says: "The apostate Husayn Duwayhi al-Bareeki"2025-05-13T16:35:31+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/05/12/dealing-with-the-conspiracy-theory-that-islamic-state-never-attacks-israel/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1.png12025-05-13T15:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2024/01/28/manipulating-the-gaza-casualty-figures-is-central-to-hamas-and-irans-strategy-against-israel/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1-2.jpg1-22025-05-11T16:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/10/the-wests-inconsistent-approach-to-foreign-fighters-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ypg-foreign-fighter-anarchist-group.pngYPG foreign fighter anarchist group2025-11-30T20:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/03/15/the-first-speech-of-abu-hamza-al-muhajir/2025-05-10T14:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/27/the-flag-of-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1.png12025-05-10T13:27:44+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/04/02/the-announcement-of-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-11-10-is-closing-in-on-palmyra-p1-video-wilayat-dimashq.png2025-05-10T00:32:29+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/22/the-seeds-of-the-islamic-state-in-saddams-iraq/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lubnani.jpgMustafa Ramdan Darwish (Abu Muhammad al-Lubnani)2025-05-10T00:29:58+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/03/17/islamic-state-announces-the-harvest-of-the-good-campaign/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-4.png12025-05-07T21:32:26+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/media-appearances/2025-05-05T22:25:23+00:00weekly0.6https://kyleorton.co.uk/2023/06/20/abu-musab-al-zarqawi-bringing-the-islamic-state-to-saddams-iraq-and-joining-al-qaeda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1-1.jpg1-12025-05-05T19:31:57+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2025/05/03/a-note-on-the-iraqi-prime-ministers-dependence-on-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1212.jpg12122025-05-05T07:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/07/21/demise-of-an-ex-saddamist-in-libya/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wissam-al-zubaydi-2014-07-meeting-tribes-1.pngwissam-al-zubaydi-2014-07-meeting-tribes-1Wissam al-Zubaydi meeting tribes, June 2014https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wissam-al-zubaydi-2014-07-28-upon-the-prophetic-methodology-5-jun-2014-samarra-3.pngwissam-al-zubaydi-2014-07-28-upon-the-prophetic-methodology-5-jun-2014-samarra-3Wissam al-Zubaydi preparing ISIS jihadists to attack Samarra, 5 June 2014https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wissam-al-zubaydi-2014-07-28-upon-the-prophetic-methodology-5-jun-2014-samarra-1.pngwissam-al-zubaydi-2014-07-28-upon-the-prophetic-methodology-5-jun-2014-samarra-1Wissam al-Zubaydi rallying troops at Samarra, 5 June 2014https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wissam-al-zubaydi-2015-07-11-and-kill-them-wherever-you-overtake-them-speicher-7.pngwissam-al-zubaydi-2015-07-11-and-kill-them-wherever-you-overtake-them-speicher-7Wissam al-Zubaydi leading away a hostage from Camp Speicher, 12 June 2014https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wissam-al-zubaydi-2015-07-11-and-kill-them-wherever-you-overtake-them-speicher-8.pngwissam-al-zubaydi-2015-07-11-and-kill-them-wherever-you-overtake-them-speicher-8https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wissam-al-zubaydi-2015-07-11-and-kill-them-wherever-you-overtake-them-speicher-4.pngwissam-al-zubaydi-2015-07-11-and-kill-them-wherever-you-overtake-them-speicher-4Wissam al-Zubaydi (Abu Nabil al-Anbari) directing the slaughter of Shi'i prisoners at Camp Speicher.https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/wissam-al-zubaydi-2.pngwissam-al-zubaydi-2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1-ng1.jpg1.ngAbu Ali al-Anbarihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1-ng.jpg1.ngAbu Ali 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Muslem al-Shishani)2025-03-22T04:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/09/06/everyone-who-questions-russias-story-about-the-1999-apartment-bombings-dies/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1-1.png12025-03-22T03:36:07+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/09/03/provocation-and-the-islamic-state-why-assad-strengthened-the-jihadists/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/12.jpgAn opposition poster showing Assad and the Islamic State as two sides of the same coin2025-03-21T16:45:43+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/11/09/how-dictators-manipulate-jihadists-to-defeat-the-opposition/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/smain-lamari.jpgSmain Lamari (1941-2007)2025-03-21T16:22:42+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/06/23/obituary-fouad-ajami/2025-03-21T15:33:59+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/08/09/the-islamic-state-saddam-and-the-media/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/13.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1.png1Left to Right: Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, Haji Bakr2025-03-21T15:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/09/28/saddams-faith-campaign-and-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/111.jpg12025-03-21T14:29:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/04/18/israel-is-losing-ground-to-the-iran-russia-axis/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1-3.jpg12025-03-20T07:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/02/21/the-need-for-caution-in-releasing-guantanamo-inmates/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ronald-fiddler-2.jpgRonald Fiddler (Abu Zakariya al-Britani)2025-03-20T02:42:03+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/02/04/trump-obama-syria-timber-sycamore/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/12.jpgSyrian rebels in eastern Aleppo, November 2016 (image source)2025-03-19T14:17:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/04/29/yusuf-al-qaradawi-and-terrorism/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1-5.jpg12025-03-19T13:38:17+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/05/06/whose-side-is-america-on-in-aleppo/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1.pngKey: Red (regime), Green (rebels and Jabhat al-Nusra), Yellow-Green (Kurdish PYD), Black (Islamic State). [Original map by Thomas van Linge]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1.jpgAftermath of an airstrike by the pro-Assad coalition in Kalasa, Aleppo, 28 April 20162025-03-18T03:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/03/14/qaeda-division-13-america-doesnt-act-iran-detente/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/21.jpgPeople in Maarat an-Numan protest against Jabhat an-Nusra from within a Division 13 base (March 14, 2016)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/14.jpgPro-FSA, anti-Jabhat an-Nusra protest in Maarat an-Numan, March 14, 2016.https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/12.pngJournalist Hadi al-Abdallah and Division 13 commander Ahmad as-Saoud at an anti-Assad protest in Maarat an-Numan, March 4, 2016.2025-03-18T02:49:18+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/07/13/al-qaeda-in-syria-declares-war-on-the-rebellion/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/abu_mohammad_al-golani_iraq1.jpgAbu Mohammed al-GolaniFILE - This undated file photo provided by Iraqi government intelligence officials on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, shows the Nusra Front leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani. Al-Golani the leader of leader a powerful al-Qaida-linked jihadi group in Syria, has given a rival al-Qaida breakaway a five-day ultimatum to seek arbitration by leading clerics or be expelled from the region. Al-Golani warned the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant that it would be driven both from Syria and "even from Iraq" if it rejected the results of arbitration "under God's law." (AP Photo/Iraqi Government, File)2025-03-18T02:16:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2020/10/04/the-current-condition-of-al-qaeda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1.png12025-03-16T17:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2020/09/11/al-qaeda-has-never-been-more-dominated-by-states/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3.png32025-03-16T17:11:04+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2020/10/23/islamism-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2.png22025-03-16T02:52:06+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/12/06/what-are-the-options-in-idlib/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/11.jpgThe sun setting over Deraa, in southern Syria, 28 May 2018 (image source)2025-03-15T22:24:14+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2023/06/20/a-note-on-iran-and-the-axis-of-evil/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1.jpg12025-03-15T19:00:25+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/12/10/russian-influence-on-the-nazis/2025-03-12T19:15:20+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/12/24/what-to-do-about-syria-sectarianism-and-the-minorities/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/17.jpg1The Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs in Raqqa City2025-03-10T16:43:22+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/10/11/will-the-alawis-break-with-assad/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/12.jpgA grisly brood: The Assad family2025-03-10T16:10:10+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/05/20/how-many-alawis-have-been-killed-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/12.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2.png2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11.png12025-03-10T16:00:06+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/01/06/former-islamic-state-leader-advises-on-jihadist-conduct/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/abu-hamza-3.pngabu-hamza-3Picture from Dabiq 6 of [presumably] Abu Hamza al-Muhajirhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/abu-hamza.pngabu-hamzaPicture from Dabiq 6https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/abu-hamza-2.jpgabu-hamza-2One of the few existing pictures of Abu Hamza al-Muhajir (Abdul Munim al-Badawi)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dabiq-6.pngdabiq-62025-01-12T19:21:54+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/12/the-founder-lays-out-the-islamic-states-vision/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/12.pngTwo of the very few pictures of Hamid al-Zawi (Abu Umar al-Baghdadi) in existence. The picture on the right, taken after al-Zawi was killed in April 2010, is most often used in Islamic State media.2025-01-12T18:50:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/02/02/islamic-states-program-for-liberating-palestine/2025-01-12T18:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2022/12/30/the-incas-and-the-fall-of-native-america/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/abc-1.jpgabc-12025-01-07T19:19:03+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2023/04/07/the-ideology-of-nazism/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hitler-and-the-greeks.pnghitler-and-the-greeks2025-01-02T00:49:35+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/03/11/barack-obama-comes-clean/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/11.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1.png12024-12-21T05:51:32+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/11/06/are-syrias-rebels-being-sacrificed-to-al-qaeda-for-obamas-detente-with-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/12.jpg1The only known picture of Abu Muhammad al-Golanihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/11.jpg1SRF leader Jamal Marouf2024-12-08T23:43:42+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/07/12/is-ahrar-a-sham-a-moderate-syrian-rebel-group/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ahrar-a-sham.jpgAhrar a-Sham2024-12-08T23:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/11/07/is-there-anyone-who-still-denies-obamas-iran-strategy-is-detente/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/13.jpg12024-12-08T23:33:22+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/08/14/america-abandons-the-syrian-revolution/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/12.jpg12024-12-08T23:28:26+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/07/13/america-not-training-syrias-rebels-isnt-failure-its-policy/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/syrian-rebels.jpgSyrian rebels2024-12-08T23:21:08+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/02/22/obamas-syria-policy-protects-assad/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2.jpg2Kafranbel gets it2024-12-08T23:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/07/17/the-iran-deal-more-terrorism-and-an-eventual-bomb-and-thats-if-it-holds/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/13.jpg12024-12-08T23:11:40+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/07/06/nukes-and-empire-the-west-is-on-the-brink-of-giving-iran-everything-it-wants/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/12.jpgAli KhameneiIn this photo released by official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech for the Iranian New Year, Nowruz, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year on the Iranian calendar. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)2024-12-08T23:09:43+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/04/28/obamas-iran-deal-increases-nukes-terrorism-and-instability/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/18.jpg12024-12-08T18:19:18+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/10/27/what-to-expect-from-the-nuclear-negotiations-with-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/21.jpg2Ali Khameneihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/15.jpg1Head of the Quds Force, Qassem Suleimani (right), in Amerli after its conquest by Shi'a militias with U.S. air support2024-12-08T17:08:03+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/12/02/nuclear-negotiations-with-iran-go-on-and-on-and-on/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/11.jpg1Economist cartoon showing Obama restrained by his hardliners (the Jewish-controlled Congress) and Rowhani restrained by his hardlinershttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1.jpg1Fordow, an Iranian nuclear enrichment facility near Qom—easily mistaken for the volcano lair of a Bond villain2024-12-08T17:03:43+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/10/04/what-russia-wants-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2.jpgUS President Barack Obama (R) listens toUS President Barack Obama (R) listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin after their bilateral meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico on June 18, 2012 on the sidelines of the G20 summit. Obama and President Vladimir Putin met Monday, for the first time since the Russian leader's return to the presidency, for talks overshadowed by a row over Syria. The closely watched meeting opened half-an-hour late on the sidelines of the G20 summit of developed and developing nations, as the US leader sought to preserve his "reset" of ties with Moscow despite building disagreements. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages)2024-12-08T16:57:51+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/09/30/russias-war-for-assad/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/112.jpg12024-12-08T16:49:42+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/08/21/ghouta-one-year-on/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2013-11-29-kafranbel-thanksgiving-obama-khamenei-assad-putin.jpg(2013-11-29)- Kafranbel, Thanksgiving, Obama-Khamenei-Assad-Putinhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2013-11-29-kafranbel-obama-gives-khamenei-syria-under-the-table.jpgAs usual the people of Kafranbel saw through Obama (Nov. 29, 2013)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/21.jpgSome of the children killed by the Assad regime's CW attack on Aug. 21, 2013https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/12.jpgA pro-opposition protest outside Buckingham Palace, Aug. 21, 20132024-12-08T16:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/10/11/russia-teams-up-with-islamic-state-against-syrias-rebels/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/13.jpgDevastation of the Ibrahim al-Khalil mosque in Tareeq al Bab after Assad's barrel bombs, Aleppo, April 2015 (source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/12.jpg1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/islamic-state-gains-in-aleppo-oct-9-2015-1.jpgSource2024-12-08T16:36:23+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/03/15/syria-the-revolution-at-five/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/15.jpg12024-12-08T13:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2020/08/09/crusader-whodunnit-the-curious-case-of-conrad-of-montferrat/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/conrad-i.jpgConrad IConrad of Montferrat ... imagined. Picture is from the Paris of the 1840s, by François-Édouard Picot.2024-11-14T23:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2023/12/31/the-cia-in-theory-and-in-practice/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1.jpg12024-11-09T15:51:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/01/23/film-review-jfk-1991/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1.jpg12024-11-08T13:40:34+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/02/06/film-review-citizenfour-2014-by-laura-poitras/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/11.jpg12024-11-08T06:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2024/06/08/the-legacy-of-nazi-relations-in-the-arab-world/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-3.jpg12024-10-30T20:34:07+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2024/05/16/the-recreation-of-israel-war-and-survival/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1948-ben-gurion.jpg1948-ben-gurion2024-10-19T22:19:43+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/07/profile-of-the-islamic-state-caliph-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-1.png12024-10-07T14:45:33+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/08/20/do-not-let-the-murder-of-james-foley-distract-from-the-assad-regime/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2.jpgAustin Ticehttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/11.jpgJames Foley2024-10-07T12:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/08/25/film-review-the-islamic-state-2014-by-vice-news/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/13.jpgAbu Mosa, the Islamic State's press officer2024-10-07T12:07:14+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/08/16/stephen-f-cohen-disgraces-himself-again/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1.pngStephen F. Cohen2024-10-07T12:02:26+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/08/05/good-riddance-to-sayeeda-warsi/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1.jpgSayeeda Warsi, gone at last2024-10-07T11:58:35+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/09/13/obama-declares-war-on-the-islamic-state-kind-of/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/15.jpg2024-10-07T11:52:04+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/23/jihadist-profile-of-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-2.png12024-10-07T01:41:13+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2015/11/25/destroying-islamic-state-defeating-assad-a-strategy-for-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12.png12024-10-05T22:55:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/11/10/islamic-state-bids-farewell-to-the-caliph/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/abb-al-naba-207.pngABB, Al-Naba 207https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/abb-2.pngABB 22024-10-05T15:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/12/17/iraq-is-still-suffering-the-effects-of-saddam-husseins-islamist-regime/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2.jpg2Throughout his entire trial, Saddam Hussein was never without a Qur'anhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/14.jpg12024-10-02T15:11:03+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/12/08/unravelling-the-kornilov-affair-the-last-stop-before-the-bolshevik-takeover-of-russia/2024-09-27T15:29:40+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/09/07/pakistan-isi-jihad-afghanistan-haqqani-network-taliban-al-qaeda/2024-09-27T15:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/09/09/islamic-state-says-the-massacre-at-kabul-airport-shows-they-are-the-true-jihadists/2024-09-27T15:01:11+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/08/17/pakistan-and-the-taliban/2024-09-27T14:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/06/17/franco-hitler-meeting-hendaye/2024-09-27T14:39:43+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/05/27/gaza-is-just-one-front-in-irans-regional-war/2024-09-27T13:29:59+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/01/08/women-and-terrorism-the-case-of-the-may-19th-communist-organization/2024-09-27T12:46:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/08/26/signs-improvements-media-pakistan-isi-afghanistan-nyt-intelligence-officials/2024-09-26T02:54:34+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/09/01/afghanistan-1997-kommersant-taliban-collapsing-pakistan-isi/2024-09-26T02:38:41+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2021/10/08/a-case-of-red-terror-in-spain-the-carcel-modelo-massacre/2024-09-25T22:10:15+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2024/05/31/the-soviet-union-won-the-second-world-war/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-1.jpg12024-09-03T11:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2024/04/22/was-anyone-shot-on-the-titanic/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1.png12024-08-27T17:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2024/08/07/hamas-makes-plain-its-subservience-to-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1.png12024-08-07T20:24:13+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2024/08/04/islamic-state-mocks-the-losses-of-iran-and-hamas/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/al-naba-454.pngAl-Naba 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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is helped after he was shot in the shin in WazirabadFormer Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is helped after he was shot in the shin in Wazirabad, Pakistan November 3, 2022 in this still image obtained from video. 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book2022-11-01T17:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2020/05/29/state-dept-rewards-for-justice-muhammad-ramadan/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1-1.png12022-11-01T17:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2020/06/12/turkey-pressure-qandil-drones-ismail-nazlikul-kasim-engin/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ismail-nazlikul-kasim-engin.jpgIsmail Nazlikul (Kasim Engin)Ismail Nazlikul (Kasim Engin) [image source]2022-11-01T17:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/11/19/trumps-middle-east-failure-was-made-by-obama/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/obama-and-trump.jpgObama and TrumpPresident Barack Obama meeting President-elect Donald Trump, 10 November 2016 [image source]2022-11-01T17:19:55+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/11/24/pkk-messaging-west-opponents-all-islamists-even-white-helmets-asad-russia-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1-2.jpg1Solider from the Syrian regime holds up a portrait of Bashar al-Asad and a Syrian national flag, another stands by the Kurdish YPG/PKK flag, in Kobani, 18 October 2019. (AFP)2022-11-01T17:19:55+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/12/15/britains-brexit-debate-is-finally-over/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1-1.jpg1Provisional IRA/Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and Jeremy Corbyn, 1983 [source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2.jpg22022-11-01T17:19:55+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/08/25/idlib-syria-rebel-collapse-turkey-russia/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2.jpgDevastation in Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria, 3 August 2019 (AFP)2022-11-01T17:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/11/12/coalition-partner-in-syria-represses-dissent/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/pyd-ahmad-al-hashlum.jpgAhmad al-Hashlum, Hasan Qassab, Hamza al-Malla, Mazen al-Harami2022-11-01T17:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/11/18/baris-pinari-incursion-turkey-trump-shahin-qandil/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/general-mazlum.jpgShahin PKK"SDF commander "General Mazlum Kobani" (the PKK executive official Ferhat Abdi Shahin) being interviewed by AFP in Hasaka city, 24 January 2019 [image source]2022-11-01T17:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/07/09/al-qaeda-leader-wants-to-take-the-jihad-in-kashmir-away-from-pakistan/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2.jpg22022-11-01T17:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/07/22/turkey-balancing-between-america-and-russia/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2.jpg2U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, 29 June 2019 [image source]2022-11-01T17:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/07/26/british-strategy-in-the-gulf-as-iranian-aggression-escalates/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2-1.jpg2A speedboat and a helicopter of the Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy move around a British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, 21 July 2019. (Hasan Shirvani/Mizan News Agency via AP)2022-11-01T17:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/10/09/some-thoughts-on-turkey-the-kurds-america-and-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1.png12022-11-01T17:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/05/17/america-isnt-going-to-war-with-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1.jpgPresident Donald Trump speaks as John Bolton stands by in the Oval Office, 22 May 2018. 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(AFP)2022-11-01T17:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/03/16/fabien-clain-al-naba/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/al-naba-173-2.pngAl-Naba 173, p. 10https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/al-naba-173-1.pngFabien Clain, Al-Naba 173, page 92022-11-01T17:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/03/19/the-democrats-and-corbynism/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cover-examiner.jpgCover, Examiner2022-11-01T17:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/12/12/the-russian-relationship-with-israel-a-history/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/15.jpg© AP Photo / Jim Hollander, Poolhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2b.jpg2bhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/14.jpg1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/13.jpgIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, 9 May 2018 (image source)2022-11-01T17:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/02/05/assad-iran-russia-gulf-states-diplomatic-relations-reconstruction/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.pngBashar al-Assad meeting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Damascus, Syria, 3 September 2018 // SANA handout to REUTERS2022-11-01T17:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/02/12/isis-naba-165-bombing-manbij/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1-2.pngAl-Naba 165, page 42022-11-01T17:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/02/26/isis-russia-guided-plot-noraki-tajikistan/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2.jpgRakhmat Akilov [source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1.jpg1Hussein Abdusamadov [source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1-3.pngIslamic State terrorists responsible for the Danghara attack in Tajikistan, July 2018 [source]2022-11-01T17:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/02/28/the-establishment-of-the-qajar-dynasty-in-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/iran-territory-losses.jpgIran Territory LossesTerritorial losses of Iran during the 19th century [source]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/agha-mohammad-khan-qajar.jpgAgha Mohammad Khan QajarAgha Mohammad Khan Qajar, founder of the Qajar dynasty (1794-1925) in Iran [source]2022-11-01T17:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/03/04/al-naba-western-analysts-leaders-isis-cant-be-defeated/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/al-naba-170.pngFront page of Al-Naba 1702022-11-01T17:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2019/01/10/iran-restarts-terrorism-in-europe/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1.jpgRally for MEK in Villepinte, near Paris, in June 2018. 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Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPA2022-11-01T17:19:41+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/07/04/reviewing-the-iraqi-surge-and-awakening/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/11.jpg1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1.jpg12022-11-01T17:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/07/04/egypt-between-dictatorship-and-islamism/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/12.jpgEgyptian soldiers in the Sinai (image source)2022-11-01T17:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/07/09/al-qaeda-statement-on-the-loss-of-forces-fighting-the-syrian-regime/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1-copy1.jpg1 - Copyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1-copy.jpg2022-11-01T17:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/07/12/turkeys-upcoming-foreign-policy-challenges/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13.jpgSyria US GeneralAmerican troops look out toward the border with Turkey from a small outpost near the town of Manbij, northern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Lt. Gen. Paul E. Funk, the top U.S. general in the coalition fighting the Islamic State group pledged American troops would remain in the town despite Ankara's demands for a U.S. pullout. Turkey launched an offensive last month to drive Syrian Kurdish militiamen out of the enclave of Afrin and has threatened to extend its operation to Manbij. (AP Photo/Susannah George)2022-11-01T17:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/07/21/the-capture-of-an-isis-wife/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2.jpgTarkhan Batirashvili (Abu Umar al-Shishani) (image source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/khamzat-akhishvili-abu-abdullakh-al-shishani.jpgThe last picture of Khamzat Akhishvili (Abu Abdullakh al-Shishani) inside the Mannagh Airbase, Syria, July 2013 (image source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/14.jpgSeda Dudarkaeva (image source)2022-11-01T17:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/07/24/the-secular-foreign-fighters-of-the-west-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/15.jpgForeign fighters with the YPG/PKK on the outskirts of Tal Tamr in northwestern Syria, 16 April 2015. 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source)2022-11-01T17:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/06/07/turkeys-syria-policy-and-the-elections/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/11.jpgTurkish soldiers and their rebel dependencies in Efrin, 18 March 2018 // AFP2022-11-01T17:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/06/27/jihadists-invite-roger-federer-to-islam/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/11.png12022-11-01T17:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/07/03/the-death-of-the-caliphs-son/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1.jpegMessage on the death of Hudayfa al-Badri, released by the Islamic State, 3 July 20182022-11-01T17:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/04/21/islamic-state-reacts-to-western-strikes-on-the-syrian-regime/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/al-naba-128.pngAl-Naba 128, page 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(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/10/28/the-syrian-regimes-funding-of-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2.pngBashar al-Assad, Hussam al-Katerji, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/08/islamic-state-and-female-fighters/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1.jpgThe Khansaa Brigade, the all-female Islamic State espionage network and morality enforcement police, based in Raqqa city (image source)2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/14/the-controversial-end-of-the-islamic-state-in-raqqa/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/12.jpgIS jihadists arriving south of Deir Ezzor city, September 20172022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/17/a-defection-and-the-dictatorship-in-syrian-kurdistan/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/talal-silo-1.jpgTalal Silo2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/19/iran-escalates-its-subversive-activities-in-bahrain/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/22.jpgEmergency and rescue workers are seen blocking the road leading to a fire in at oil pipeline in Buri village south of ManamaFire at the oil pipeline in Buri village, south of Manama, Bahrain, 10 Nov. 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/28/former-al-qaeda-in-syria-branch-arrests-members-of-al-qaeda-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/12.pngIyad al-Tubaysi (Abu Julaybib), Sami al-Uraydi (Abu Mahmud al-Shami)2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/03/a-syrian-democratic-forces-defector-speaks-about-the-role-of-the-pkk-and-america-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/talal-silo-2.jpgTalal Silo2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/04/islamic-state-profiles-a-libyan-jihadist-killed-in-eastern-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/11.pngAl-Naba 108, page 72022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/04/the-gulf-crisis-and-british-interests/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/04/hayat-tahrir-al-sham-announces-a-ceasefire-with-syrian-rebels-forms-a-settlement-committee/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/17.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/06/al-qaeda-responds-to-trumps-jerusalem-embassy-move/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1-2017-12-06-al-qaeda-statement-on-u-s-embassy-move-to-jerusalem-p1-copy.jpg2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/10/americas-kurdish-allies-in-syria-drift-toward-the-regime-russia-and-iran/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/13.jpgRussian soldiers in Efrin, Syria, 1 May 2017 (source)2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/15/islamic-state-claims-the-port-authority-attack-in-america/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/14.pngAl-Naba 110, page 112022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/16/the-islamic-state-says-the-loss-of-the-caliphate-does-not-mean-defeat/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/16.pngAk-Naba 110, page 32022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/16/is-britain-cracking-down-on-pkk-terrorist-activity/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/15.pngPro-PKK demonstrators in Frankfurt, Germany, 18 March 2017, REUTERS / Ralph Orlowski2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/17/american-islamic-state-jihadist-plotted-to-bomb-trumps-first-presidents-day/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/robert-hester-5.jpgRobert Hester2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/19/coalition-hindered-by-the-syrian-regime-kills-islamic-state-leaders/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/12.jpgMaghaweer al-Thawra fighters next to American forces at at-Tanf. 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32022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/01/11/al-qaeda-encourages-jihadi-unity-says-syria-is-the-central-front-in-its-war/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/14.jpg2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/01/17/jolani-speech-hts-trying-annex-rebels/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2.jpg(source)2022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2018/01/24/when-iran-saved-al-qaeda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/25.jpg22022-11-01T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/25/islamic-state-newsletter-says-manchester-bomber-was-a-soldier-of-the-caliphate/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1.pngArticle about Manchester Arena suicide-killer Salman Abedi, page 2 of Al-Naba 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CNN)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/25.jpgUsama Atar (source)2022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/06/29/third-speech-of-islamic-state-spokesman-abu-hassan-al-muhajir/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2.jpg22022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/07/12/the-horrors-in-assads-prisons-are-beyond-the-cruelty-of-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/211.jpg22022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/07/29/the-coalition-targets-islamic-state-propagandists-and-external-terrorists/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/27.jpgBaraa Kadek (Riyan Meshal) [image source]2022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/07/31/the-latest-chapter-of-syrias-media-war-a-gay-unit-fighting-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/29.jpg22022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/08/04/coalition-targets-islamic-state-recruiters-and-terrorism-planners/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2016-11-10-is-closing-in-on-palmyra-p9.png(2016-11-10)- IS closing in on Palmyra P92022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/08/16/the-role-of-turkey-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/222.jpg2Recep Tayyip Erdogan (image source)2022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/08/18/islamic-state-imposes-conscription/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/13.pngAl-Naba 93, page 92022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/09/14/hamza-bin-ladin-uses-syrias-suffering-to-rally-muslims-to-al-qaedas-cause/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/12.png12022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/09/16/the-islamic-states-fourth-attack-in-britain-in-2017/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/28.jpg"Bucket bomb" on the Parsons Green trube (image source)2022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/09/28/islamic-state-leader-says-the-show-goes-on/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/14.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/09/29/the-coalition-kills-three-islamic-state-drone-developers/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2016-12-20-wilayat-dijla-tigris-8.png(2016-12-20)- Wilayat Dijla (Tigris) 82022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/10/06/align-iran-isis-lives-on/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/224.jpg2(image source)2022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/10/24/dont-celebrate-the-fall-of-raqqa-just-yet/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/226.jpgRaqqa city has been destroyed (image source)2022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/10/hamza-bin-ladin-presents-al-qaeda-as-the-guardian-of-revolution/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/hamza-bin-ladin-1.jpgHamza bin Ladin on his wedding day in Tehran, under the protection of the Quds Force, the expeditionary unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that attempts to spread the Iranian revolution through subversion and terrorism2022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/15/the-coalition-removes-senior-islamic-state-leaders-military-officials-and-external-terror-operatives/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2016-12-11-is-in-jazal-near-palmyra-p5.jpg(2016-12-11)- IS in Jazal, near Palmyra P52022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/21/defining-freedom-fighters-and-terrorists-in-syria-and-beyond/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/zozan-temir-6.pngZozan Temir (Zozan Cudi)2022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/22/iran-claims-to-defeat-the-islamic-state-in-syria-a-dangerous-conspiracy-by-america-and-israel/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/11.jpgQassem Sulaymani, Hassan Nasrallah, Ali Khamene'i (c. 2000)2022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/27/syrias-opposition-delegation-diluted-at-conference-in-saudi-arabia/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/18.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/28/hts-explains-arrest-al-qaeda-in-syria-members/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/13.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/30/qatar-and-the-gulf-crisis/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/15.png2022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/12/02/the-islamic-state-urges-caution-about-beliefs-in-the-apocalypse/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1.pngAl-Naba 107, page 8, 27 November 20172022-11-01T16:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/10/28/trade-assad-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/14.jpg2022-11-01T16:52:51+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/12/17/president-obama-defends-his-syria-policy-to-the-last/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/16.png(source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/05/a-counterterrorism-policy-in-syria-that-helps-terrorists/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/219.jpgJabhat al-Nusra jihadists wave their flag in Syria (Associated Press picture, source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/07/islamic-state-likely-to-increase-terrorism-against-turkey/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/abdulkadir-masharipov-1.jpgAbdulkadir Masharipov (source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/13/international-taboo-on-chemical-weapons-frays-as-u-s-steps-back/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/221.jpg(source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/25/what-to-expect-in-syria-in-2017/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/224.jpgFRANCE-SYRIA-VOTE-ASSAD(image source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/02/07/assads-crimes-against-humanity-and-trumps-options-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sednaya-2.pngSednaya 2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/17.pngSatellite picture of Sednaya prison, Syria (source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/02/17/liberating-raqqa-from-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/31.jpg(source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/03/04/the-west-helped-the-assad-regime-and-its-allies-take-palmyra/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/14.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2.jpeg(source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/03/10/outcome-uncertain-as-american-involvement-in-syria-deepens/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/32.jpg32022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/03/17/america-pushes-back-against-iranian-subversion-on-the-gulf/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/24.jpgProtesters march through Manama, Bahrain in March 2011 (Photo from Al-Jazeera)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/03/30/america-sanctions-anjem-choudary-and-other-british-islamic-state-jihadists/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mark-taylor.jpgMark TaylorMark Taylor (source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/shane-crawford.pngShane Crawfordhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/the-beatles-isis.pngThe Beatles (ISIS)Clockwise from top-left: El Shafee Elsheikh, Alexanda Kotey, Aine Davis, and Mohammed Emwazi (source: BuzzFeed)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2.jpg(image source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/10/chemical-weapons-syria-and-trump/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/222.jpgPresident Donald Trump launches cruise missiles against the Syrian regime in retribution for its chemical attack (image source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/12/america-officially-blames-assad-for-the-chemical-attack-in-khan-shaykhun/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1.pngAftermath of the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack (source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/14/state-department-designates-two-canadian-jihadists-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ismael-habib-1.pngIsmael Habib (image source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/wassim-boughadou.jpgWassim Boughadou (image source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/23.jpgFarah Mohamed Shirdon, Tarek Sakr (image source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/15/islamic-state-operative-connected-to-charlie-hebdo-attack-might-still-be-alive/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sayfullah-benhassine-1.jpgSayfullah Benhassine (image source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/salim-benghalem-1.jpgSalim Benghalem (image source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/boubaker-al-hakim-abu-muqatil-al-tunisi-1.pngBoubaker al-Hakim (Abu Muqatil al-Tunisi) in Dabiq2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/18/dont-assume-the-westminster-terrorist-is-a-lone-wolf/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/rashid-rauf-2.jpgRashid Raufhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/maulana-masood-azhar-1.jpgMaulana Masood Azharhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mohamed-abrini.pngMohamed Abrinihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/khalid-masood-2.jpgKhalid Masood 22022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/21/islamic-state-attacks-have-sown-division-in-france-marine-le-pen-would-sow-more/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2.jpeg2Security forces stand guard after attack in Paris, 20 April 2017 (CREDIT: ETIENNE LAURENT/EPA)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/22/signs-of-recovery-for-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/21.png22022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/25/russia-and-iran-use-terrorism-against-western-interests/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/18.png12022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/26/france-presents-evidence-assad-committed-chemical-weapons-atrocity/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/3.jpg(image source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/04/jihadist-terror-remains-a-significant-problem-for-britain/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/khalid-mohamed-omar-ali-4.jpgKhalid Mohamed Omar Ali being arrested (image source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/06/06/the-wests-plan-for-defeating-the-islamic-state-in-syria-is-fatally-flawed/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/12.jpgA member of the YPG/PKK militia, Delil Souleiman/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/06/08/the-wests-partners-in-syria-and-the-risks-to-turkey/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1aaa3.jpgAftermath of a TAK bombing in central Istanbul, Turkey, 7 June 20162022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/06/09/al-qaeda-leader-calls-on-muslims-to-unite-against-the-west/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1b.png2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/07/07/coalition-policy-risks-replacing-islamic-state-with-other-islamists/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1.pngAnnouncement of the Kurdish Salvation Movement, 12 March 20172022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/07/09/the-coalitions-partner-in-syria-the-syrian-democratic-forces/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/11.png12022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/08/15/whither-al-qaeda-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/11.png12022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/08/17/the-forgotten-foreign-fighters-the-pkk-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1.png2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/08/23/american-court-rulings-related-to-the-assad-regimes-assistance-to-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1.jpg(picture source)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/09/13/statement-by-al-qaeda-bomb-maker-ibrahim-al-asiri-on-911/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/abdullah-al-asiri-2.jpgAbdullah al-Asirihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ibrahim-al-asiri-1.jpgIbrahim al-Asiri2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/09/15/fresh-wave-of-repression-in-the-syrian-kurdish-areas/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mohamed-hami.jpgMohamed Hamihttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/barzan-hussein-2.jpgBarzan Husseinhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1b.jpgKurdish opposition figures arrested by the PYD/PKK on 14 September 2017, NORTHERN SYRIA OBSERVER2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/09/22/al-qaeda-tries-to-take-advantage-of-the-crisis-in-burma/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/09/29/taliban-blames-the-afghan-government-and-america-for-the-lack-of-peace-in-afghanistan/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/11.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/10/01/the-islamic-states-profile-of-manaf-al-rawi/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/manaf-al-rawi-1.jpgManaf al-Rawi2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/10/14/al-maqdisi-weighs-in-on-turkeys-intervention-in-idlib-and-hayat-tahrir-al-sham/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/12.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/11/03/the-islamic-state-claims-the-manhattan-terror-attack/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1.pngThe Islamic State's claim for the 31 Oct. 2017 Manhattan terror attack is on the right. (Al-Naba 140, 2 Nov. 2017, page 3.)2022-11-01T16:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/29/what-to-expect-after-the-fall-of-aleppo/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/217.jpg22022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/30/the-syrian-kurds-helped-assad-take-aleppo-city/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ypg-flags-flying-with-asads-bustan-al-basha-aleppo-28-nov-2016.jpgYPG flags flying with the Assad regime's over Bustan al-Basha, Aleppo city, 28 November 20162022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/12/12/assad-and-russia-losing-palmyra-is-no-surprise-they-cannot-defeat-jihadism-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/219.jpg2Syrian regime army soldiers stands on the ruins of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra, 1 April 2016 (REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki)2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/12/14/syria-is-only-going-to-get-worse-after-the-fall-of-aleppo/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/218.jpg2Syrian pro-government forces recapture the old city of Aleppo, December 13, 2016 [Getty]2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/18/chelsea-manning-is-a-traitor-not-a-hero/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/216.jpgChelsea Manning (REUTERS/U.S. Army)2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/02/27/islamic-state-has-been-defeated-in-al-bab-but-america-needs-a-new-direction-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/215.jpgA burnt-out vehicle on a destroyed street in al-Bab on 23 February 2017 (Nazeer al-Khatib/AFP/Getty Images)2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/03/03/jihadi-cleric-calls-for-al-qaedas-leader-in-syria-to-be-put-on-trial/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1aaaa.jpg2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/03/16/repression-increases-in-the-syrian-kurdish-areas/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1aaa2.jpgKurds protesting against the PYD in Hasaka, 16 August 20162022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/03/23/islamic-state-expands-its-foreign-attacks-capacity-as-the-caliphate-collapses/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/221.jpg2Aftermath of the Islamic State terrorist attack in Westminster, March 2017 (image source)2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/03/31/islamic-state-claims-the-westminster-attack/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/14.pngAl-Naba 74, page 12, 30 March 20172022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/07/islamic-state-spokesman-attacks-trump-says-enemies-will-be-defeated/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/09/islamic-state-newsletter-claims-algerian-suicide-bombing/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/isis-constantine-bomber-algeria-26-feb-2017-al-naba-71.pngPicture published in Al-Naba 71 of Izzadeen Balqamri, the Islamic State suicide bomber in Constantine, Algeria, on 26 February 2017.2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/04/syrian-opposition-statement-on-the-failure-of-the-astana-process/2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/04/al-qaeda-in-syria-condemn-jaysh-al-islam-for-east-ghuta-infighting/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/11.jpgHTS statement on Jaysh al-Islam, 4 May 20172022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/10/the-problems-with-the-wests-partners-against-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1aaa1.jpg2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/10/al-qaeda-in-syria-declare-war-on-rebels-taking-part-in-the-astana-process/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/13.jpg1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/12.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/12/crackdown-continues-in-syrian-kurdish-areas/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1aaa.jpgFasla Yusef, Syrian Kurdish opposition leader2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/13/pkk-media-democracy-terror-laws/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1.pngSinam Mohamad2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/14/al-qaeda-calls-for-foreign-attacks-prioritizes-jews-and-americans/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/11.png12022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/05/26/american-ypg-fighter-complains-about-groups-lack-of-medical-care/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1.pngPatrick Ryan Kasprik2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/06/06/al-qaeda-linked-jihadi-in-syria-comments-on-the-gulf-crisis/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1a.pngAbdallah al-Muhaysini2022-11-01T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/02/art-identity-politics-and-unmaking-the-west/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/11.jpg1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/26/al-qaeda-says-attacking-syrian-rebel-groups-was-self-defence-against-a-conspiracy/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ahmad-al-shara-abu-muhammad-al-jolani.jpgAhmad al-Shara (Abu Muhammad al-Jolani)2022-11-01T16:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/28/the-islamic-state-was-winning-when-we-thought-it-was-losing/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-12-17-is-west-of-deir-ezzor-p4.jpg2016-12-17-is-west-of-deir-ezzor-p42022-11-01T16:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/02/01/kuwaiti-islamic-state-military-official-killed-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/abdul-al-taresh-abu-jandal-al-kuwaiti-2.jpgabdul-al-taresh-abu-jandal-al-kuwaiti-22022-11-01T16:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/02/04/how-the-islamic-state-claims-terrorist-attacks/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/21.jpg2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2.jpg22022-11-01T16:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/02/05/pro-al-qaeda-ideologue-on-merging-with-non-jihadi-groups/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1.pngAbdallah al-Muhaysini at a rally for Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, 3 February 2017https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/11.jpgThe prominent Homsi footballer-turned-revolutionary, Abdelbasset al-Sarut, at a Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham rally, 3 February 20172022-11-01T16:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/02/09/leader-of-new-al-qaeda-group-in-syria-speaks/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hashem-al-shaykh-2.jpghashem-al-shaykh-22022-11-01T16:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/02/24/u-s-treasury-targets-al-qaeda-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/22.jpghttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/3.jpg32022-11-01T16:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/03/13/al-qaeda-in-syria-denounces-america-claims-to-be-the-revolution/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/11.pngHay'at Tahrir al-Sham fighter engaging the Assad regime2022-11-01T16:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/03/20/australian-jihadi-spokesman-distances-hayat-tahrir-al-sham-from-al-qaeda-criticises-america/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mostafa-mahamed-on-sky.pngMostafa Mahamed on Sky News, August 20162022-11-01T16:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/23/al-qaedas-leader-calls-on-syrias-opposition-to-shun-the-west-rely-on-the-jihadists/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1.png12022-11-01T16:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/04/29/pkk-and-propaganda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/21.jpgAmerican soldier with PKK commander Ferhat Abdi Sahin (Sahin Cilo) to his immediate lefthttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2.jpghttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ilham-ahmed-2.jpgIlham Ahmed2022-11-01T16:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/01/21/chattanooga-attack-the-islamic-state-inspires-an-american-terrorist/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1-b2.jpg1-bMuhammad Abdulazeez2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/05/09/al-qaedas-leader-calls-for-jihadi-unity-in-syria-building-a-caliphate/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15.png12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/05/13/islamic-state-guided-plot-to-murder-american-troops-in-britain/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/13.jpgJunead Khan (left) and Shazib Khan (right)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/05/23/islamic-state-prepares-for-retreat-calls-for-foreign-terrorism/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/taha-falaha-abu-muhammad-al-adnani-3-dabiq-2-1-thumbnail.pngtaha-falaha-abu-muhammad-al-adnani-3-dabiq-2-1-thumbnailTaha Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/12.png12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/05/26/the-islamic-state-territory-and-a-change-of-tone/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/11.pngAl-Naba 27, page 3, column on the left2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/06/09/the-islamic-states-newsletter-prepares-for-the-end-of-the-caliphate/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/11.png12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/07/06/donald-trump-is-wrong-again-saddam-hussein-supported-terrorism/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/11.jpg(source)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/07/17/the-caliphate-at-two/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/14.jpgIslamic State's spokesman and Syrian governor, Taha Subhi Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/13.jpg1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/12.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/07/21/islamic-state-intelligence-guided-the-wurzburg-train-attacker/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/muhammad-riyad-2.pngmuhammad-riyad-22022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/07/24/a-rebel-crime-and-western-lessons-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/4.jpgAbdullah Issa on the back of the truck on which he was murdered, clearly on an IV driphttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/3.jpg3https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/21.jpgPicture of Abdullah Issa circulated by pro-regime activistshttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/15-e1469373827619.jpgAbdullah Issa on the back of a truck with Harakat Nooradeen al-Zengi fighters who will soon behead him2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/07/27/long-term-islamic-state-operative-carries-out-suicide-bombing-in-ansbach/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/12.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1-b1.jpg1-bThe German police secure the area surrounding the crime scene after the suicide attack in Ansbachhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mohammad-daleel-2.jpgmohammad-daleel-2Screenshot from video of Mohammad Daleel giving bay'a (pledge of allegiance) to the caliph before his suicide bombing [Amaq, 25 July 2016]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mohammad-daleel.jpgmohammad-daleelMohammad Daleel, first picture [Amaq, 25 July 2016]2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/07/29/lone-wolf-attacks-in-europe-are-nothing-of-the-sort/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1.png2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/07/29/governing-the-caliphate-profiles-of-islamic-state-leaders/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/11.png2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/07/30/what-we-know-about-the-islamic-states-attack-in-nice/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1-b.jpg1-bJabeur Lahouaiej Bouhlelhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15.jpgMohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel on the promenade in Nice on 14 July 20162022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/01/the-islamic-state-explains-why-it-hates-the-west/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dabiq-15-3.pngdabiq-15-3https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dabiq-15-2.pngdabiq-15-2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dabiq-15-1.pngdabiq-15-12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/01/islamic-state-claims-it-follows-gods-law-jews-and-christians-do-not/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/11.png12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/06/more-police-are-no-substitute-for-tackling-islamist-ideology/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/15.jpg2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/08/the-structure-of-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/111.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/122.jpg1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/11.png2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/13/the-wests-kurdish-allies-in-syria-cant-escape-their-authoritarian-legacy/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/114.jpg1Statue of Mahsum Korkmaz (Agit), the first PKK military commander, in PYD-held Hasakahttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/11.jpeg1Fehman Hussein (Bahoz Erdal)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/11.pngSituation map of northern Syria, 1 August 2016, by Thomas van Lingehttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/110.jpg1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/19.jpgIlham Ehmedhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18.jpgAbdullah Ocalan (source)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/17.jpgCemil Bayik, Murat Karayilanhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1.jpegFehman Hussein (Bahoz Erdal)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/16.jpgPYD/YPG fighters2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/15/the-intellectual-roots-of-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/111.jpgSayyid Qutbhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13.png12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/16/an-islamic-state-suicide-bombing-in-canada/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/aaron-driver-3-cab-where-he-tried-to-detonate.jpgaaron-driver-3-cab-where-he-tried-to-detonateThe taxi after Aaron Driver exploded a bomb in the back-seathttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/aaron-driver-1.pngaaron-driver-1Aaron Driver bay'a videohttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/aaron-driver-4-levaing-court-after-peace-bond-issued.jpgaaron-driver-4-levaing-court-after-peace-bond-issuedAaron Driver leaving court after being issued a peace bond, February 2016https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/aaron-driver-5.jpgaaron-driver-52022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/19/dehumanization-and-murder-in-assads-prisons/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/14.png12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/22/the-islamic-state-guided-the-normandy-church-attack/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/abdelmalik-petitjean-2.jpgabdelmalik-petitjean-2Abdelmalik Petitjean gives allegiance to the Islamic State [video, released 28 July 2016]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/abdelmalik-petitjean.jpgAbdelmalik Petitjean gives allegiance to the Islamic State [video, released 28 July 2016]https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/abdelmalik-petitjean-and-adel-kermiche.jpgabdelmalik-petitjean-and-adel-kermicheNormandy church killers, Adel Kermiche and Abdelmalik Petitjean, swear allegiance to the Islamic State [video, 27 July 2016]2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/25/bashar-al-assad-normalized-the-use-of-chemical-weapons-in-syria-and-we-rewarded-him/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/115.jpg2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/27/looking-at-the-islamic-states-past-seeing-its-future/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/118.jpg1Taha Falaha (Abu Muhammad al-Adnani) in Dabiqhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/6.png6Islamic State execute a "spy," over local protests, in Anbar, sometime 2004-05 (full clip)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/5.png5American Soldiers under assault at a base in Ramadi, summer of 2005 (full clip)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/4.png4Soldiers going house-to-house during the Second Battle of Fallujah, November 2004 (full clip)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/3.png3Michael Ware driving down Islamic State-held Haifa Street, Baghdad, 2004 (full clip)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2.png2Young man in a ceremony before the first taped suicide bombing by the Islamic State, 2003 (full clip)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/17.png1Insurgents after an attack on a U.S. base, early 2003 (full clip).https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-05-24-abd-al-rahman-al-qaduli-abu-ali-al-anbari-2.pngAbd al-Rahman al-Qaduli (Abu Ali al-Anbari)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/117.jpgHamid al-Zawi (Abu Umar al-Baghdadi)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/08/30/one-mans-terrorist/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/captured-pyder.jpgPYD fighter captured by Faylaq al-Sham, 28 AUG 2016. Patch is a picture of PKK's Abdullah Ocalan ("Apo"), reads: "Apo the Leader".https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/polat-can-brett-mcgurk.jpgBrett McGurk meeting Polat Can https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/polat-can-pkk-1.jpgPolat Can in his PKK dayshttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/polat-can-1.jpgPolat Can 1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/polat-can-2.jpgPolat Can 2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/19.png1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/polat-can-3.jpgPolat Can, 2014, head of the YPG's information centre (source)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/09/01/of-kurds-and-compromises-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2.jpg2Martyrdom notice for a PYD/YPG child soldierhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1.jpg1PYD/YPG soldiers2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/09/09/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1.pngScreenshot of an Islamic State video displaying captured materials from the New Syrian Army, 27 July 20162022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/09/11/moscow-rules-in-syria-again/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/12.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/09/11/fifteen-years-after-911/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/13.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/09/21/syrias-flawed-ceasefire-comes-crashing-down/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_20160922_000458.jpgimg_20160922_000458https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_20160922_000441.jpgimg_20160922_000441https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_20160922_000422.jpgHumanitarian convoy in Aleppo after the airstrikes by pro-regime coalition, 20 September 20162022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/09/23/abandoning-syria-to-assad-helps-al-qaeda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/21.jpg2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/11.png12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/09/25/bomber-in-new-york-and-new-jersey-influenced-by-jihad/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ahmad-khan-rahami-2.jpgahmad-khan-rahami-2Ahmad Khan Rahami's notebookhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ahmad-khan-rahami-1.jpgAhmad Khan Rahami2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/10/04/al-qaeda-in-syria-and-american-policy/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1.jpg1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2.png2Ahmad Mabruk in Jabhat al-Nusra's "Heirs of Glory" video, March 2016. (Source: The Long War Journal)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/10/07/the-blog-is-moving/2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/10/09/coalition-prepares-the-ground-for-mosul-offensive/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/29.jpgU.S.-led Coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State (AFP)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/10/21/russia-moves-in-for-the-kill-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/210.jpg22022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/10/22/activist-group-lists-ten-most-important-islamic-state-leaders-killed/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/211.jpgCoalition airstrikes in Mosul (source)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/10/26/the-price-of-the-iran-deal/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/212.jpgMaj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at a mosque in Tehran, Iran, (March 2015)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/10/28/the-mosul-operation-and-saddams-long-shadow/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/216.jpgMideast Iraq Battle For MosulIslamic State parade with captured equipment in Mosul, 23 June 2014 . (AP Photo, File)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/04/al-qaeda-signals-a-return-to-iraq-incites-against-an-american-iranian-conspiracy/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/15.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/06/the-coalitions-flawed-endgame-strategy-for-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/217.jpg(source)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/11/america-escalates-the-war-against-al-qaeda-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/15.pngOn the right: Abdullah al-Muhaysini (source)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/11/abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-calls-for-the-islamic-state-to-stand-firm-in-mosul/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1.png12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/14/coalition-allies-play-into-islamic-states-hands/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/27.jpgKurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters in Dohuk in northern Iraq, 14 May 2013, Azad Lashkari/Reuters2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/20/film-review-bethlehem-2013/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/12.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/22/turkey-continues-to-protest-the-coalitions-syrian-kurdish-allies/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/26.jpgSaleh Muslim Muhammad2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/23/french-abdelilah-himich-abu-sulayman-al-firansi-isis-amn-al-kharji/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/abdelilah-himich-abu-sulayman-al-firansi-4.jpgAbdelilah Himich (Abu Sulayman al-Firansi) [image source]2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/24/trump-might-continue-obamas-dangerous-syria-policy/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2.png2(source)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/27/the-islamic-states-terrorism-guides/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/14.jpgJunaid Hussain2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/11/29/film-review-snowden-2016/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/14.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/12/09/the-inaugural-address-of-the-islamic-states-new-spokesman/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1.png12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/12/29/ahrar-al-sham-political-leader-opposes-unification-with-al-qaeda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2.png2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20170109_133158.jpgimg_20170109_1331582022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2016/12/31/insurgent-leader-explains-why-aleppo-fell-to-assad/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rebel-commander-in-aleppo.pngrebel-commander-in-aleppoAbu al-Abed Ashidaa2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/07/al-qaedas-leader-reiterates-the-groups-ideology-intent-to-strike-the-west/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20170107_201828.jpgimg_20170107_201828https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/08/al-qaeda-operative-explains-failure-to-merge-with-syrian-rebels/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1.png12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/09/ideologue-laments-a-jihadist-joining-the-islamic-state/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2.jpg2https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_20170109_1331581.jpgimg_20170109_1331582022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/10/jihadi-clerics-clash-over-merger-proposals-in-syria/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/12.jpg1Abdallah al-Muhaysini, Issam al-Barqawi (Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi)https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/11.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/11/an-insurgent-perspective-on-the-fall-of-aleppo/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/11.png12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/14/ahrar-al-sham-explains-its-position-on-a-merger-with-al-qaeda/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/3.pngAhrar al-Sham's leader, Ali al-Umar (Abu Ammar)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/16/assads-atrocities-help-al-qaeda-recruit-westerners/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/16.jpg1https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/13.jpg12022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/28/the-caliphs-first-deputy/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/numan-al-zaydi.pngnuman-al-zaydi2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/28/mohamed-moumou-islamic-states-commander-of-the-north/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mohamed-moumou-abu-qaswara-al-maghribi-1.jpgmohamed-moumou-abu-qaswara-al-maghribi-1Mohamed Moumou (Abu Qaswara)2022-11-01T16:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/08/01/book-review-the-snowden-operation-2014-by-edward-lucas/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/15.jpg12022-11-01T16:46:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/06/29/is-jordan-next-to-fall-to-isis/2022-11-01T16:46:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/07/01/the-anti-interventionists-got-what-they-wanted-in-syria-and-iraq-are-they-happy-now/2022-11-01T16:46:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/07/22/the-jihadists-information-war-in-syria-and-iraq/2022-11-01T16:46:49+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/06/10/nouri-al-maliki-is-pushing-iraq-into-the-abyss/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/12.jpg1Mohammed Khamis Abu Rishahttps://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1.jpgMohammed Khamis Abu Risha2022-11-01T16:46:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/07/09/syrias-rebellion-on-the-ropes/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/31.jpg3The devastated city of Aleppo2022-11-01T16:46:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/04/17/the-spokesman-of-isis-says-al-qaeda-is-deviant/2022-11-01T16:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/05/13/isiss-spokesman-denounces-al-qaedas-leader-claims-isis-is-the-victim/2022-11-01T16:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/04/03/al-qaeda-rules-on-the-dispute-between-isis-and-jabhat-al-nusra/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/19.jpgImage: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.Ayman al-Zawahiri, September 2013, AFP/Getty Images2022-11-01T16:46:46+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/05/10/in-advancing-turkey-toward-democracy-the-army-is-not-the-answer/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/262ea-mustafakemalatatc3bcrk3.jpg262ea-mustafakemalatatc3bcrk32022-11-01T16:46:45+00:00monthlyhttps://kyleorton.co.uk/2014/05/12/why-the-coup-in-egypt-was-the-worst-outcome/https://kyleorton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1.jpg1While the Sisi regime presents itself to the 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