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The Evidence of Iran’s Responsibility for the October 7 Pogrom in Israel Keeps Piling Up

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 March 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Al-Aqsa Flood, Ali Khamenei, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Antisemitism, Axis of Resistance, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Esmail Qaani, Gaza, Gilad Shalit, HAMAS, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Holocaust, Houthis, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Jews, jihadism, JOC, Joint Operations Chamber, Khalil al-Hayya, Lebanon, Mohammad Said Izadi, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinians, PIJ, piracy, Qatar, Quds Force, Resistance Axis, Syria, terrorism, Yahya Sinwar, Yemen on March 26, 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.

New Orleans and the Islamic State’s Policy on Lone-Actor Terrorism

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 January 2025

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abbasids, Afghanistan, Africa, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, America, Banner of the Eagle, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, bay’a, Black Banner, Black Standard, Christianity, Christians, Christmas, Crusades, deen, din, Donald Trump, Facebook, Flag of the Eagle, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, Ikhwan, inghimasi, inghimasiyyun, Iraq, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamism, Jabhat al-Nusra, jihad, jihadism, Joe Biden, Khorasan, lone wolf, lone wolves, manhaj, Meta, methodology, mujahideen, murji’a, Muslim Brotherhood, New Year, Pakistan, Raya al-Uqab, secularism, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, Syria, terrorism, United States, Yemen on January 12, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Islamists in Britain React to the Fall of Syria’s Regime

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 January 2025

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged 5PillarsUK, 9/11, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Musab al-Suri, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, al-Qaeda, anti-imperialism, Antisemitism, Azhar Qayum, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Britain, CAGE, Cageprisoners, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, conspiracy theories, extremism, Guantanamo Bay, Haitham al-Haddad, HAMAS, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, homosexuality, Houthis, HTS, ideology, Ikhwan, Iran, IRGC, ISIS, Islam21c, Islamic Resistance Movement, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Islamophobia, Israel, Jews, Jihadi John, jihadism, jihadists, Kashmir, libel, MAB, MCB, MEND, Moazzam Begg, Mohammed Emwazi, Mohammed Haydar Zammar, Muhammad Ahmad, Muslim Association of Britain, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim Council of Britain, Muslim Engagement and Development, Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, NATO, neoconservatives, Pakistan, Palestine, Salman Butt, September 11 attacks, Soviet Union, Sunni Islam, Ummah Welfare Trust, women’s rights, Yemen, Zionism, Zionists on January 3, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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

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

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

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.

The New Insurgent Offensive Shows the War in Syria Never Ended

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 2 December 2024

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Aleppo, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Arab Spring, Astana, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, caliphate, Cold War, Gaza, HAMAS, Hassan Nasrallah, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Houthis, HTS, Idlib, Iran, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Ivory Coast, Jabhat al-Nusra, jihadism, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Lebanon, Palestine, Palestinians, PKK, Russia, SDF, Shi’a jihadists, SNA, Soviet Union, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian National Army, terrorism, Turkey, Ukraine, United Nations, Yemen on December 2, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

The “Genocide” Case Against Israel at the International Court of Justice is a Political Sham

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 27 January 2024

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This entry was posted in History, Israel and tagged active measures, Adolf Eichmann, African National Congress, ANC, Antisemitism, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, China, Communism, crimes against humanity, Cyril Ramaphosa, Dreyfus affair, Gaza, genocide, Genocide Convention, HAMAS, Holodomor, human rights, humanitarian aid, ICC, ICJ, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, international humanitarian law, international law, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Jeremy Corbyn, Jews, Khaled Mashal, Khaled Meshal, Khaled Qaddoumi, Kurt Waldheim, lawfare, Leonid Brezhnev, Moscow Trials, Muslims, Nazis, Nelson Mandela, Nuremberg Trials, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Omar al-Bashir, Palestine, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, political warfare, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Russia, Second World War, show trial, South Africa, Soviet Union, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Umar al-Bashir, United Nations, United States, UNRWA, Vladimir Putin, war crimes, World Court, Yemen on January 27, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

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