Tag Archives: Abu Umar al-Baghdadi

Islamic State Introduces the Fifth “Caliph”

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 August 2023

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The World Cup in Qatar and “Personal Freedom” Make the Islamic State Very Angry

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 December 2022

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Islamic State Announces That Caliph Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi Is Dead

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 November 2022

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The Islamic State’s Take on the 2008-09 Israel-HAMAS War

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 September 2022

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Islamic State Profiles a Young Iraqi Jihadist Killed During the Battle of Mosul

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 5 September 2022

Abu al-Zubayr al-Askari || Al-Naba 352, p. 9

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Islamic State Spokesman Counters “Accusations” Against the Group and Explains its Purpose in Syria

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 September 2022

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The ‘Strategic Plan’ of the Islamic State

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 August 2022

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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

Another Islamic State “Caliph” Falls

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 February 2022

The compound where Islamic State leader Amir Muhammad al-Mawla killed himself, 3 February 2021 || Image taken from social media

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Islamic State Dismisses the West’s “False Victory” Against It

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 January 2022

Al-Naba 317, page 3

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