By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 May 2025
Dealing with the Conspiracy Theory that Islamic State “Never” Attacks Israel
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Tag Archives: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
What Iran’s Leaks Really Tell Us About Syrian “Interim” President Ahmad al-Shara’s Past with the Islamic State
Islamic State Profiles its “Hidden Figures”
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Wife Sentenced to Death
Islamic State Introduces the Fifth “Caliph”
The World Cup in Qatar and “Personal Freedom” Make the Islamic State Very Angry
Islamic State Announces That Caliph Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi Is Dead
Africa Dominates Two Months of Islamic State Propaganda
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 31 August 2022
Islamic State fighters from Wilayat Sinai in Egypt || Al-Naba 348, p. 5
The ‘Strategic Plan’ of the Islamic State
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 August 2022
The Islamic State is Taking Advantage of the Mess in Northern Syria
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 July 2022
The United States announced on 12 July that it had killed the Islamic State’s (ISIS) governor of Syria in a drone strike in the village of Galtan in the Jinderes district of the north-western Syrian province of Efrin on the border with Turkey. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) statement identified the slain man as “Maher al-Agal”, though a more precise transliteration is Maher al-Aqal (ماهر العقال). Riding on the motorcycle alongside Al-Aqal when he was killed was a “senior ISIS official” with whom he was “closely associated”. This ISIS official was “seriously injured during the strike”, CENTCOM notes, adding that the Jinderes strike caused no civilian casualties. Continue reading
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