By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 August 2023
Tag Archives: Abu Umar al-Baghdadi
The World Cup in Qatar and “Personal Freedom” Make the Islamic State Very Angry
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 December 2022
Islamic State Announces That Caliph Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi Is Dead
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 November 2022
The Islamic State’s Take on the 2008-09 Israel-HAMAS War
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 September 2022
Islamic State Profiles a Young Iraqi Jihadist Killed During the Battle of Mosul
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 5 September 2022
Islamic State Spokesman Counters “Accusations” Against the Group and Explains its Purpose in Syria
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 September 2022
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
Another Islamic State “Caliph” Falls
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 February 2022
Islamic State Dismisses the West’s “False Victory” Against It
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 January 2022