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

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 March 2025

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.

Rome’s Worst Emperor? Assessing the Sources About Elagabalus

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 February 2025

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This entry was posted in History and tagged Aelius Lampridius, Alexander Severus, Alexander the Great, Alexandria, Annia Faustina, Antoninus Pius, Apis, Apollo, Aquilia Severa, Arbela, archaeology, Armenia, Artabanus IV, Arval Brethren, Arval Brotherhood, Arval Brothers, Assyrian Empire, Assyrians, Augustan History, Augustus, Aurelian, Aurelius Eubulus, Aurelius Zoticus, Aventine Hill, Ba’al, Babylonian Empire, Babylonians, Baetyl, Baths of Caracalla, Black Stone, Caligula, Caracalla, Carrhae, Cassius Dio, Christianity, Christians, Chronographia, Claudius, Claudius Gothicus, Cleopatra VII, Clodius Albinus, coins, Colossus of Nero, Commodus, Constantine, Constitutio Antoniniana, Crisis of the Third Century, cruelty, cultic practices, cults, Cybele, damnatio memoriae, dediticii, Diadumenian, Dictator Perpetuo, Diocletian, Dionysus, Dominate, Domitius Ulpianus, Edward Gibbon, Egypt, Elagabal, Elagabalium, Elagabalus, Emesa, Emesene dynasty, eques, equestrians, Erbil, Five Good Emperors, foreigners, Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Gaius Julius Alexion, Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus, Galba, galli, Gannys, Gaul, Gladiator (2000), Great Mother, Greek, Hadrian, Harran, Heliogabalus, Hellenism, Hercules, Herodian, Hierocles, Historia Augusta, Historia Romana, History, History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus, homosexuality, Imperial History, inscriptions, ISIS, Islam, John Malalas, Julia Avita Mamaea, Julia Cornelia Paula, Julia Domna, Julia Maesa, Julia Soaemias Bassiana, Julius Bassianus, Julius Caesar, Jupiter, Justin Martialis, King Sohaemus, Latin, liberti, Lord Macaulay, Lucius Septimius Bassianus, Macrinus, Magna Mater, Marcus Aemilius, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Cleander, Marcus Macrinus, Mark Antony, Mars, Mars the Avenger, Mary Beard, Maximian, Maximinus Thrax, Memphis, Milvian Bridge, Mithras, moon god, Nero, Octavian, Osiris, Osiris-Apis, Osorapis, Osrhoene, paganism, pagans, Palatine Hill, pantheon, Parthians, patricians, peregrini, Perpetual Dictator, Pharaonic Egypt, plague, plebians, Pompey, Pompey Magnus, Pompey the Great, Praetorians, prejudice, Princeps Civitatis, Principate, Probus, provincials, Ptah, Ptolemies, Ptolemy I Soter, Ptolemy III, Publius Geta, Publius Valerius Comazon, res publica, Roman Empire, Roman Republic, Romanitas, Romans, Sampsigeramid dynasty, Saqqara, Sardanapalus, Sasanians, Sassanians, Saturn, scandal, Senate, Septimius Severus, Serapeum, Serapio, Serapis, Severus Alexander, Sin, slavery, slaves, Sohaemus, Sol Invictus, Sophene, stereotypes, Suetonius, sun god, syncretic god, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Theodosius I, Third Gallic Legion, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Tiberinus, Trajan, transgender, Ulpius Julianus, Unconquered Sun, Varius Avitus Bassianus, Vespasian, Vestal Virgin, York on February 7, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

California’s Wildfires and Sudan’s Civil War: Latest Islamic State Editorials

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 27 January 2025

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Abdul Qadir Mumin, Afghanistan, Africa, Al-Karrar, al-mulhidun, al-Naba, Antisemitism, assassination, atheism, Bilal-al-Sudani, Boko Haram, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Christianity, Christians, Communism, deen, Democratic Republic of the Congo, din, Gaza, Hell, Hemedti, Horn of Africa, ideology, Ikhwan, ISCAP, ISIS, ISKP, Islam, Islamic State, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State Sahel Province, Islamic State West Africa Province, Islamism, Israel, ISWAP, jahiliyya, Janjaweed, Jews, jihad, jihadism, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, monotheism, Mozambique, mujahideen, murji’a, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, Nigeria, North Kivu, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinians, PKK, Prophet Muhammad, Puntland, Qatar, Rapid Support Forces, RSF, SAF, Somalia, Sudan, Sudanese Armed Forces, Sudanese Civil War, Syria, Taliban, Tawhid, terrorism, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, wildfires on January 27, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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

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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.

Islamic State Profiles its “Hidden Figures”

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 January 2025

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This entry was posted in History, Jihadi Biographies, Jihadi Output and tagged Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah al-Baz, Abd al-Munim al-Badawi, Abd al-Nasser al-Qardash, Abdul Munim al-Badawi, Abdullah Azzam, Abdullah bin Najm al-Hilali, Abdullah Qardash, Abdulrahman al-Qaduli, Abdulrahman Ibn Mustafa al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abdurrahman al-Qaduli, Abu Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi, Abu Abdulrahman al-Dulaymi, Abu Ahmad al-Hilali al-Adnani, Abu al-Ghadiya al-Shami, Abu al-Ghadiya al-Suri, Abu al-Hareth, Abu al-Harith, Abu al-Harith al-Iraqi, Abu al-Mughira al-Qahtani, Abu al-Nasr al-Libi, Abu al-Nasser al-Libi, Abu Ala al-Afri, Abu Ala al-Qurayshi, Abu Alaa al-Afri, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Abu Ali al-Qurdash al-Turkmani, Abu Anas al-Shami, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Abu Azzam al-Hilali al-Adnani, Abu Azzam al-Iraqi, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-Iraqi, Abu Ghraib, Abu Hafs al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, Abu Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Husayn al-Husayni al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Ansari, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Zaydi, Abu Iman, Abu Ishaq al-Askari, Abu Jasim al-Iraqi, Abu Khattab al-Falluji, Abu Mariya al-Qahtani, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad al-Furqan, Abu Muhammad al-Ghassani, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Muhammad al-Lubnani, Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, Abu Mutaz al-Qurayshi, Abu Nabil al-Anbari, Abu Nabil al-Zubaydi, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Shahd al-Mashadani, Abu Sulayman al-Nasser, Abu Talha al-Ansari, Abu Talha al-Hamdani al-Adnani, Abu Talha al-Mawsuli, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Qurdash, Abu Umar al-Shihawi al-Dulaymi, Adnan al-Bilawi, Adnan al-Suwaydawi, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, Al-Faqih Abu Khattab al-Dulaymi, Al-Harari, Al-Haras al-Jamhuri al-Khas, Al-Jazeera Camp, al-Majlis Shura al-Mujahideen, Al-Nasser Lideen Allah, Al-Qa’qa ibn Amr, al-salaf al-salih, Al-Salul, Amir Muhammad al-Mawla, Ansar al-Islam, Arab Empire, Army of Hardship, Army of Truth, Awwad al-Zuba’i, Awwad al-Zuba’i al-Qahtani, Baath Party, Baathism, Ba’th Party, Ba’thism, Badran Turki Hishan al-Mazidi, Baghuz, Battle of Fallujah, Battle of Tal Afar, Caliphate Army, Coptic Christians, Copts, Dar Islami, Delegated Committee, Du’a Khalil Aswad, extremism, Fadel al-Hiyali, faith campaign, Faiz al-Athari, Fallujah, Grand Mufti, Group of Monotheism and Salafism, Haji Abdullah al-Afri Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Haji Bakr, Haji Dawood, Haji Dawud, Haji Iman, Haji Mutaz, Hamid al-Ani, Hamid al-Muhammadi, Hamid al-Salafi, Hamid al-Zawa, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hilal al-Ameri, Hilf al-Mutayibeen, HTS, Hudayfa al-Batawi, Ibrahim al-Badri, ideology, IIP, Iran, Iraq, Iraq al-Ameri, Iraqi Islamic Party, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamism, Jabhat al-Nusra, jahiliyya, Jamaat al-Tawhid al-Salafiyya, Jamaat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, Jaysh al-Siddiq, Jaysh al-Usra, Jaysh Dabiq, Jaysh Khilafa, jihadism, jihadists, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Khalidiya Island, Kharijites, Khattab al-Ameri, Khattab al-Faysal, khawarij, Kurdistan, Libya, Manaf al-Rawi, Maysar al-Jaburi, Maysar Ali Musa Abdullah al-Jaburi, monotheism, Muayyad al-Salih, Muayyad Talih, muhajireen, Muhammad al-Issawi, Muhammad Khalaf Shakar, Muharib al-Jaburi al-Qahtani, mujahideen, Mujahideen Shura Council, Mullah Krekar, Muslim Brotherhood, Mustafa Ramadan Darwish, Najmadin Faraj Ahmad, Numan al-Zaydi, Omar Hadid, Omar Yousef Juma, Omar Yusuf Juma, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, pious predecessors, Prophet Muhammad, RAND Corporation, Rawa Camp, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Salafis, Salafism, Samir al-Khlifawi, Saudi Arabia, sectarianism, Shaker al-Badri, shari’a, Shi’ism, Subhi al-Badri, Sulayman Khalid Darwish, Syria, Taha Abd al-Raheem Abdallah Bakr al-Ghassani, Taha Falaha, Taha Subhi Falaha, Tanzim al-Qaeda, terrorism, Thamir al-Dulaymi, Umar al-Assafi, Umar bin Hadid al-Dulaymi, Umar Hadid, Umar Yusef al-Juma, Umar Yusef Juma, Umar Yusef Jum’a, Usama bin Laden, Wael al-Ta’i, Wahhabi, Wahhabism, Wissam al-Zubaydi, Yasin Qardash, Yazidis on January 11, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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

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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.

The New Insurgent Offensive Shows the War in Syria Never Ended

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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 Islamic State View of Donald Trump Being Back in the White House

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 18 November 2024

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Afghanistan, al-Naba, Ali Khamenei, Antisemitism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Christians, Crusaders, Deal of the Century, democracy, Democrats, Donald Trump, Egypt, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Jews, jihadism, jihadists, Jordan, Khorasan, Korah, Nimrod, Pharoah, Qatar, Qur’an, Republicans, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saudi Arabia, sectarianism, Syria, Taliban, terrorism, UAE, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vladimir Putin on November 18, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Israel Prepared Well For the War With Hizballah in Lebanon

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 23 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Abbas Nilforoushan, Ahmad Mahmoud Wahabi, Ali Karaki, Ariel Sharon, Axis of Resistance, Aziz Unit, ceasefire, Dahiyeh Doctrine, diplomacy, displaced people, Fuad Shukr, Gaza, HAMAS, Hashem Safieddine, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Hizballah, human shields, Ibrahim Aqil, Ibrahim Qubaisi, IDF, Intelligence, Ireland, IRGC, IRGC Network, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Jihad Council, jihadism, Lebanon, Marine barracks bombing, Mohammed Naame Nasser, Mohammed Surur, MOSSAD, NATO, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinians, PLO, Radwan Force, refugees, Resistance Axis, Sami Taleb Abdallah, Suleiman Frangieh, Syria, terrorism, UNIFIL, United Nations, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, United States, Wafiq Safa, Wissam al-Tawil on October 23, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

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