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The Death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Fate of the Islamic Republic

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 March 2026

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This entry was posted in Iran and tagged Ali Khamenei, Benjamin Netanyahu, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, Donald Trump, espionage, Hassan Nasrallah, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, Mohammad Pakpour, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Shah, spies, terrorism, United States on March 1, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Is Trump Using Negotiations or War As the Bluff With Iran?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 18 February 2026

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This entry was posted in Iran and tagged Abqaiq attack, Abqaiq-Khurais attack, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Iran, Iranian uprising, IRGC, IRGC Navy, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, massacre, nuclear negotiations, protests, Strait of Hormuz, torture, USS Abraham Lincoln on February 18, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Khomeini Orchestrated the 1979 Hostage Crisis Because Iranian-American Relations Were Going Too Well

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 January 2026

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This entry was posted in Iran and tagged Algerian Revolution, Anwar al-Sadat, ARAMCO, Ayatollah Khomeini, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bruce Laingen, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, clergy, Communism, communists, Cultural Revolution, den of spies, Donald Trump, Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, Ebrahim Yazdi, EFPs, Egypt, Ettela’at, Frantz Fanon, George W. Bush, Gharbzadegi, Henry Kissinger, hezbollahi, Hichi, hizballahi, Hossein Ali Montazeri, Ibrahim Yazdi, Imam, international law, Iran, Iran hostage crisis, Iran-Contra Affair, Iran-Iraq War, IRGC, Islamic Republic, Islamic Republican Party, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Islamists, Israel, Jimmy Carter, John Brennan, Khobar Towers bombing, komitehs, Lebanon, Liberation Movement of Iran, Mehdi Bazargan, Mohammad Beheshti, Mohammad Khatami, Mohammad Mosaddeq, Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Mohsen Mirdamadi, MOIS, mostazafeen, MSFIL, Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line, Muslim Students of the Imam Khomeini Line, Operation EAGLE CLAW, Palestine Liberation Organisation, PLO, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Rahbar-e Moazzam, Ronald Reagan, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Salman Rushdie, SALT II, Saudi Arabia, Shah, Shahriar Shafiq, Shi’a militias, Supreme Leader, terrorism, The Satanic Verses, theocracy, United States, VEVAK, Westoxification, William Sullivan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Zionism, Zionists on January 26, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Credit Where it is Due: Trump’s Campaign Against the International Criminal Court is Working

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 January 2026

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy and tagged Antisemitism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, European Union, HAMAS, International Criminal Court, international law, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Karim Khan, Omar al-Bashir, political warfare, Qatar, Russia, Sanctions, Ukraine, Umar al-Bashir, United Nations, United States, Vladimir Putin, Western Alliance, Yoav Gallant on January 12, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Trump and Venezuela: Is This “Regime Change”?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 January 2026

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy and tagged Ansar Allah, Bay of Piglets, Canada, Cartel de Los Soles, Cartel of the Suns, cartels, Central Intelligence Agency, Chavismo, Chavistas, China, CIA, cocaine, Cold War, colonialism, Communism, corruption, cryptocurrency, Cuba, Cubazuela, Delcy Rodríguez, despotism, DGI, DI, Dirección de Inteligencia, Dirección General de Inteligencia, Donald Trump, drug wars, drugs, Edmundo González, espionage, FARC, fentanyl, Foreign Terrorist Organisations, Fox News, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, Greenland, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Honduras, Houthis, Hugo Chavez, Intelligence, invasion of Iraq, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, J.D. Vance, Jack Keane, John Bolton, Juan Orlando Hernández, Kim Jong-il, Manuel Noriega, María Corina Machado, Marco Rubio, Marxism, narco-terrorism, narcotics, NATO, Nicolas Maduro, Nicolas Maduro Moros, Nobel Peace Prize, oil, Operation ABSOLUTE RESOLVE, Operation GIDEON, Panama, Proconsul, propaganda, public diplomacy, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Russia, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, SEBIN, secret police, Sinaloa Cartel, socialism, Specially Designated Global Terrorist, spies, Syria, TdA, terrorism, Tren de Aragua, Venezuela, Victor Manuel Rocha, Vladimir Putin, War on Terror, weapons of mass destructions, WMD, Xi Jinping, Yemen on January 6, 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.

Islamic State’s Commentary on Israel (So Far) in 2025

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 October 2025

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This entry was posted in Islamic Militancy, Israel, Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abu Mazen, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Shara, Al-Azhar, al-Naba, Amn al-Kharji, Antisemitism, Ariel Sharon, Battle of Al-Bab, Camp David, Christianity, Crusaders, Donald Trump, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza War, HAMAS, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, ideology, Iran, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic State, Islamists, Israel, jahiliyya, Jewish State, Jews, jihadism, Lebanon, Mahmoud Abbas, Mahmud Abbas, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, nationalism, NATO, Operation EUPHRATES SPRING, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, Persians, PLO, Pope, Pope Francis, Qatar, Qur’an, rabbis, Rafida, Rafidites, Roman Catholic Church, Second Intifada, shari’a, Syria, Taliban, terrorism, Turkey on October 24, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

The Islamic State’s Attack Reports and Ideological Focus in Al-Naba From June to October 2025

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 21 October 2025

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This entry was posted in Islamic Militancy, Islamic State Strategy, Islamic State Terrorist Attacks, Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abu al-Mughira al-Qahtani, Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Nabil al-Anbari, Abul-Mughirah al-Qahtani, Afghanistan, Africa, Ahl al-Kitab, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmed Abdi Ali, al-Bab, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Amaq News Agency, Antisemitism, apostates, atrocities, Badiya, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Boko Haram, Borno State, Burkina Faso, Burning of the Camps Campaign, Cabo Delgado, Cameroon, Christianity, Christians, da’wa, deen, Deir Ezzor, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Donald Trump, Egypt, Europe, Gaza War, General Qalyare, Ghouta, Ghouta chemical attack, global jihad, GRU, hajj, HAMAS, Hasaka, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, hijra, HTS, Iblis, ideology, IEDs, Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, ISCAP, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic State, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State West Africa Province, Islamism, Israel, ISWAP, Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam, Jews, jihad, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, jizya, KGB, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, massacres, missionaries, Mozambique, munafiqun, Muslims, muwahideen, nationalism, Niger, Nigeria, Operation Burning of the Camps, Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Palestine, Palestinians, People of the Book, Persians, PKK, pogroms, proselytism, Puntland, Rafida, Rafidites, Raqqa, Russia, Rwanda, Saddam Husayn, Sahel, SDF, sectarianism, Shi’a, Shi’is, Somalia, Syria, Syrian Badiya, Syrian Democratic Forces, Tabuk expedition, Taliban, Tawhid, terrorism, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Wagner, war crimes, Wissam al-Zubaydi, Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al-Zubaydi, Zionism, Zionists on October 21, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Israel Has Lost the Information War

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 14 September 2025

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This entry was posted in Israel and tagged Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden, Aboud, academia, active measures, activism, activists, African National Congress, Amir, Amnesty International, ANC, Anthony Aguilar, Antisemitism, Ariel Bibas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bibas family, Cold War, disinformation, dolus specialis, Donald Trump, entryism, Gaza, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, Gen Z, genocide, Genocide Convention, GHF, Holocaust, hostages, human rights groups, Human Rights Watch, human shields, humanitarian NGOs, IAGS, ICC, ICJ, IDF, information war, International Association of Genocide Scholars, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, international law, Iranian Revolution, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Israel Defence Forces, Kfir Bibas, Krystal Ball, media, Mehdi Hasan, misinformation, Nazis, newsfluencers, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinians, PIJ, PLO, podcasts, propaganda, public relations, rape as a weapon of war, Raphael Lemkin, Saagar Enjeti, Sabra and Shatila massacre, Shiri Bibas, Simchat Torah pogrom, social media, South Africa, Soviet Union, subversion, Syria, terrorism, TikTok, Tucker Carlson, Twitter, UG Solutions, Ukraine, United Nations, United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, war crimes, Yazidi genocide on September 15, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Russia Tries to Recover Ground in Syria

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 18 August 2025

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This entry was posted in Russia, Syria and tagged Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, atrocities, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Communism, Donald Trump, Druze, Hamza al-Mustafa, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hmaymeem Airbase, HTS, ideology, Imperialism, IRA, Iran, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, jihadism, Khmeimim Airbase, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Libya, NATO, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, PKK, PLO, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Qamishli Airport, Qatar, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia, SDF, Soviet Union, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Kurds, Tartus Naval Base, Turkey, Vladimir Putin, war crimes on August 18, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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