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Fourth Speech of Islamic State Spokesman Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 23 March 2026

This entry was posted in Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari Speeches, Jihadi Output and tagged Abu Hafs al-Hashimi, Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Africa, Ahmad al-Shara, Al-Abbas ibn Ubada, al-adhnab, Al-Hol, al-hukm, Al-Jannah, al-Manara al-Bayda, al-Qaeda, al-wala wal-bara, Alawis, Antisemitism, Arab conquests, Australia, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Bondi Hanukkah Massacre, Christians, Commander of the Faithful, Crusaders, deen, Europe, foreign fighters, Gaza, ghuraba, golden calf, Hadith, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, hijra, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, infidels, inghimasi, inghimasiyyun, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Israelites, jahiliyya, Jews, jihad, jihadism, khawarij, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Kurds, Kutub al-Sittah, malhama, Mali, Millat Ibrahim, muraghamah, Musa ibn Nusayr, muwahideen, Niger, Nigeria, Nusayris, Operation Deterring Aggression, Paradise, PKK, Puntland, Qur’an, Rafida, ribat, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahl ibn Sa’d al-Sa’idi, Sayf al-Adel, Sayf al-Adl, SDF, sectarianism, secularism, shirk, Somalia, Sunan al-Nasa’i, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Tariq Ibn Ziyad, tawaghit, Tawhid, terrorism, Turkey, United States, Uqba ibn Nafi, White Minaret on March 23, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Can Syria’s Future Escape Ahmad al-Shara’s Past?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 13 November 2025

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Abdul Jashari, Abdulaziz Hudaberdi, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Qatada al-Albani, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, al-Qaeda, Alawi massacres, Alawis, Alawites, Alija Izetbegović, Antisemitism, Bashar al-Asad, Bosnia, Brad Cooper, Caesar Act, Caesar sanctions, CENTCOM, China, David Petraus, Donald Trump, Druze, foreign fighters, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HTS, ideology, Iran, Iranian Revolution, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Jewish State, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, jihadists, Kevin Lambert, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Kurds, Lebanon, media, Palestinians, PKK, propaganda, public relations, Rabbi Yosef Hamra, Raed Fares, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, repression, Salafi-jihadism, Sanctions, sectarianism, SNA, SOCOM, Specially Designated Global Terrorist, Syria, Syrian National Army, Taliban, terrorism, Thomas Barrack, TIP, torture, Turkey, Turkistan Islamic Party, United Nations, United States Central Command, Uyghurs, Xhemati Alban, Xinjiang, Zahid on November 13, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

How Much Responsibility Does the Syrian State Have for the Alawi Massacres?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 July 2025

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Abu Ahd al-Hamawi, Abu Jaber al-Khattabi, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmed Qurfays, Ahrar al-Sham, Al-Klazyia, al-Qaeda, Alawi coast, Alawis, Alawites, Arza, Baniyas, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Chechens, crimes against humanity, Donald Trump, Efrin, Emmanuel Macron, European Union, felool, felul, foreign fighters, fulul, General Security Service, GSS, Hama, Hamza Division, Hassan Abd al-Ghani, Hassan Abdel Ghani, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Homs, Houla Massacre, HTS, human rights, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Islamists, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jableh, Jaysh al-Ahrar, Jaysh al-Islam, Jaysh al-Izza, jihadism, jihadists, Khattab, Kurds, Latakia, looting, Ministry of Defence, Othman Brigade, pogroms, sectarianism, SNA, SNHR, Sonobar, Sultan Sulayman Shah Brigade, Sultan Suleiman Shah Brigade, Sunnis, Syria, Syrian National Army, Syrian Network for Human Rights, Tartus, TIP, Turkistan Islamic Party, Unit 400, United Nations, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, war crimes on July 17, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Will Trump Succeed in Withdrawing From Syria This Time?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 29 March 2025

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Shara, al-Qaeda, Alawis, Alawites, America, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Britain, CENTCOM, Christianity, Christians, Donald Trump, Druze, European Union, Evangelicals, genocide, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, J.D. Vance, jihadism, jihadists, Joe Biden, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Marco Rubio, Nobel Peace Prize, PKK, propaganda, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia, Sanctions, Sayyida Zaynab, SDF, sectarianism, State Department, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, terrorism, Turkey, United States on March 29, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

The Alawi Massacres in Syria: A Blip or a Rubicon?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 March 2025

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This entry was posted in Foreign Travel, Syria and tagged Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, al-Qaeda, Alawis, Alawites, barrel bombs, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Christianity, Christians, Coastal Shield Forces, economy, ethnic cleansing, European Union, foreign fighters, General Security Service, Ghaith Dala, Gnosticism, GSS), Hafez al-Asad, Hafez al-Assad, Hama massacre, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, Imam Ali, Iran, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jableh, jihadism, jihadists, Latakia, Military Council to Free Syria, Miqdad Fatiha, Musa al-Sadr, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, Neoplatonism, Nusayris, Ottoman Empire, Ottomans, Prophet Muhammad, Republican Guards, Russia, Sanctions, sectarianism, Shi’a, SNA, Sunnis, Syria, Syrian National Army, taqiya, Tartous, Tartus, theology, Trinity, Turkey, United States, war crimes on March 17, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Visiting Post-Revolutionary Syria

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 March 2025

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This entry was posted in Foreign Travel, Syria and tagged Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, Al-Hamidiyah Souq, al-Qaeda, Alawis, Alawites, Aleppo, Amin Dakaev, Bahur Chamntoub, Bakhour Chamntoub, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Chechnya, Christianity, Christians, coronavirus, COVID-19, Damascus, Druze, economy, Farah al-Atassi, foreign fighters, Fourth Division, Hamidiya Souq, Harun, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HTS, Idlib, Ignatius Aphrem II, Iran, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jews, jihadism, jihadists, Kurds, Maher al-Assad, National Dialogue Conference, Nusayris, Patriarch of Antioch, refugees, Russia, Sanctions, sectarianism, shari’a, SNA, Syria, Syriac Orthodox Christianity, Syrian National Army, Tacitus, Turkey, Umayyad Mosque, Umayyad Square on March 12, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Should Syria’s New Rulers Be on the Terrorism List?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 December 2024

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, Alawis, Alawites, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Britain, Christians, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, Jabhat al-Nusra, jihadism, jihadists, John Sawers, MI5, MI6, Qatar, religious minorities, Secret Intelligence Service, sectarianism, Security Service, SIS, Syria, terrorism, Turkey on December 11, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Bashar al-Assad Falls

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 December 2024

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, Ajnad al-Kavkaz, al-Qaeda, Alawis, Albania, Aleppo, Alois Brunner, Arab nationalism, Arab Spring, Baath Party, Baathism, Ba’th Party, Ba’thism, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Chechens, Chechnya, chemical weapons, China, crimes against humanity, Egypt, Free Syrian Army, FSA, Ghouta, GULAG, Hama massacre, Hama rules, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HTS, Imam Bukhari Jamaat, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, jihadists, Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, KTJ, Lebanon, Libya, Liwa al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, nationalism, Nazi war criminals, Nazism, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, pan-Arabism, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Quds Force, Russia, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Salafi-jihadism, Shi’a jihadists, Siege of Hama, Syria, Taliban, TIP, totalitarianism, Tunisia, Turkistan Islamic Party, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, weapons of mass destruction, WMD, Xhemati Alban on December 9, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Condemns Syria’s Regime—and Syria’s Insurgents

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 December 2024

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba, Syria, Syrian Insurgency and tagged al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Alawis, Antisemitism, Atatürk, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, batinis, batiniya, Christians, Free Syrian Army, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HTS, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, IRGC Network, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Ismailis, Israel, jahiliya, Jews, jihadism, jihadists, Kobani, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Lebanon, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nusayris, PKK, Rafidah, Rafidis, Romans, Rome, Russia, SDF, SNA, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian National Army, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin, Yazidis on December 7, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Spokesman Marks Ten Years of the Caliphate

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 April 2024

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This entry was posted in Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari Speeches, Jihadi Output and tagged Abu Hafs al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari, Afghanistan, Africa, al-Qaeda, Alawis, Antisemitism, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, Burkina Faso, Burma, caliphate, Chad, China, Christianity, Christians, Crocus City Hall attack, Crusaders, deen, Democratic Republic of the Congo, din, Donald Trump, Fallujah, Gaza War, George W. Bush, guerrilla warfare, HAMAS, Hazimis, Hazimiyya, Hindus, holy war, idolatry, India, insurgency, Intelligence, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, ISCAP, ISEAP, ISIS, ISKP, Islam, Islamic State, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State East Asia Province, Islamic State in Somalia, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State Sahel Province, Islamic State West Africa Provinces, Islamism, Israel, ISS, ISSP, ISWAP, jahiliyya, Jerusalem, jihadism, Joe Biden, Kerman attack, kufr, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Libya, lone wolf, love wolves, Mali, Mozambique, nationalism, Niger, Nigeria, Nusayris, Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, pagans, Pakistan, PKK, polytheism, prison breaks, Ramadan, religion, Russia, Sahel, SDF, sectarianism, shirk, Sikhs, Sinai, Somalia, Speicher, spies, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, terrorism, Uganda, Yemen on April 26, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

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