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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.

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.

The New York Times and Gaza: Omissions, Mistakes, and Inadequate Corrections

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 August 2025

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This entry was posted in Israel and tagged African National Congress, Ahli Hospital, Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Al-Ahli Hospital, Anadolu Agency, ANC, Angkar, Antisemitism, Augusto Pinochet, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bible, Bosnia, Bosnian War, Cambodia, Chile, Cold War, Communism, Cuba, disinformation, Eytan Gilboa, Fidel Castro, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, genocide, Gray Lady, HAMAS, Holocaust, Holodomor, ICC, ICJ, ideology, IDF, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Jews, Khmer Rouge, Lilac Sigan, mainstream media, Mariupol, Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, Muhammad al-Matouq, Muhammad al-Mutawaq, Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, Nazis, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Omar al-Bashir, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, propaganda, rape as a weapon of war, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Red China, Russia, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, Salvador Allende, Simchat Torah pogrom, Soliman Hijjy, Soviet Union, Syria, terrorism, The New York Times, Turkey, Ukraine, Umar al-Bashir, United Nations, Vladimir Putin, Yemen, Yoav Gallant, Yousef Masoud on August 1, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Ahmad al-Shara Met Donald Trump, and the Islamic State is Not Pleased

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abbasids, Abdul Jashari, Abraham Accords, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Qatada al-Albani, Ahmad al-Shara, al-malahim, al-mushrikun, al-Qaeda, al-wala wal-bara, Antisemitism, aqeeda, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Bible, Catholics, Chechnya, China, Dabiq, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, exegesis, foreign fighters, Hadith, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, History, HTS, idolatry, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, isnad, Israel, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jews, jihadists, manhaj, MBS, Millat Ibrahim, monotheism, Muhammad bin Salman, munafiqun, paganism, pagans, Persia, Prophet Muhammad, Protestants, Qur’an, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Roman Empire, Russia, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sahihayn, Saudi Arabia, shari’a, shirk, Sunnis, Syria, Tawhid, theology, TIP, Turkey, Turkistan Islamic Party, Umayyads, Uyghurs, Xhemati Alban on May 30, 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.

Advocacy Journalism Has Been a Problem for Ages: Looking Back at Bosnia

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Bosnia, Iran, Islamic Militancy and tagged activism, Adnan Jahić, advocacy journalism, AKP, al-Qaeda, Alija Izetbegović, Arkan, Asim Blekić, assassination, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Çetin Doğan, Balyoz, Bill Clinton, Borislav Herak, Bosnian civil war, Bošniaks, Branko Veleć, Britain, Caco, Captive Nations, China, Christiane Amanpour, CNN, Communism, Counterintelligence Service, crimes against humanity, Croatia, Croats, cult, Dani Rodrik, Deep State, Douglas Hurd, Ed Vulliamy, El-Mudžahid Brigade, Ergenekon, ethnic cleansing, Ettela’at, Eve-Ann Prentice, false flags, fascism, Fethullah Gülen, Fikret Muslimović, Franjo Tudjman, Franjo Tuđman, genocide, Greater Serbia, HAMAS, Handschar Division, Hasan Čengić, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Hizmet Hareketi, Hizmet movement, ICTY, Imad Mughniya, Imad Mughniyeh, international aid, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, international law, Iran, Iranian Intelligence Ministry, IRGC, Islam, Islamic Declaration, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, jihadism, jihadists, JNA, Josip Broz Tito, journalism, Jugoslav National Army, Jugoslavija, Juka Prazina, Juka’s Wolves, Justice and Development Party, Jusuf Prazina, Kasim Blekić, Kemalism, Kemalists, Khaled Sheikh Muhammad, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, KOS, Koševo Hospital, Kravica massacre, Krso Ramiz, Larks, League of Communists, Lewis MacKenzie, Lisbon Agreement, Macedonia, Mate Boban, media, Mirsad Tokača, Montenegro, Muhammad Amin al-Husayni, Muslims, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Mušan Topalović, Naser Orić, nationalism, NATO, Nazis, Nedžad Ugljen, New York Times, Nikola Gardović, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Odred el-Mudžahid, Omarska, Operation DESERT STORM, Operation FRAME, Operation STORM, Orthodox Christians, Osama bin Laden, Ottoman Empire, pan-Islamism, Party of Democratic Action, Patriotic League, political warfare, PR, propaganda, public relations, Radovan Karadžić, Ramiz Delalić, rape as a weapon of war, Ratko Mladić, Rebecca West, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, religion, Renate Flottau, Republic of Serbian Krajina, Republika Srpska, Risto Pustivuk, Roman Catholics, Samantha Power, Sandžak, SDA, secret police, secularism, Sefer Halilović, Senad Avdić, Serbia, Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbs, Seventh Muslim Brigade, Sledgehammer, Slobodan Milošević, Slobodna Bosna, Slovenia, Soviet Union, Srebrenica Massacre, Sretko Damjanović, SS, State Department, strategic messaging, Third Balkan War, Third World Relief Agency, Trnopolje, Turkey, United Nations, United States, Usama bin Laden, VEVAK, Vojislav Šešelj, war crimes, war rape, Young Muslims, Yugoslavia, Zvornik, Ševe, Željko Ražnatović, Ćelo on October 26, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Wife Sentenced to Death

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Iraq, Jihadi Biographies and tagged Abd al-Nasir Qardash, Abd al-Rahman al-Qaduli, Abu Abdallah al-Zuba’i, Abu Abdallah al-Zubai, Abu Abdullah al-Zuba’i, Abu Abdullah al-Zubai, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-Iraqi, Abu Ghraib, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad al-Furqan, Abu Omar al-Shishani, Abu Umar al-Shishani, Aisha Qatmawi, Al-Arabiya, al-Hashd al-Shabi, Al-Hawl, Al-Hol, al-Jazeera, al-Qaeda, Aramaic, Asma Fawzi Mohammed al-Qubaysi, Asma Mohammed, Ba’athism, Ba’athists, BBC, Camp Speicher, Chechnya, Daesh, Fallah Ismail Jassem, Geneva Conventions, genocide, Greek Orthodox Christianity, Haji Bakr, Hisham Mohammad, Hudayfa al-Badri, Ibrahim al-Badri, Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri, ideology, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi insurgency, IRGC, ISIS, Islam, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Isra Rajab Mahal al-Qaysi, Izzat al-Douri, Izzat al-Duri, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jamaat Tawhid wal-Jihad, Jaysh Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jamaa, Jaysh Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama’a, Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama’a, Jaysh al-Rashideen, Jesus, jihadism, Kamal Khalaf, Kayla Mueller, Maaloula, Malula, Mansour, Muath al-Kasasbeh, Muslim Brotherhood, Nohad Machnouk, Nour Ibrahim al-Zuba’i, Nour Ibrahim al-Zubai, Omaima, PMF, Popular Mobilization Forces, Qur’an, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saja al-Dulaimi, Salafism, Samir al-Khlifawi, sectarianism, Seda Dudarkaeva, Shi’a militias, Siban Khalil, slavery, Special Groups, Syria, Taha Falaha, Tarkhan Batirashvili, terrorism, Terrorism in the Grip of Justice, Turkey, Umaima, Umm Hudaifa, Umm Hudayfa, Wael al-Ta’i, Wolf Brigade, Yazidi genocide, Yazidis on October 6, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Mocks the Losses of Iran and HAMAS

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 August 2024

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Africa, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Al-Qassam Brigades, Algeria, andad, Antisemitism, Anton Yelizarov, Ataturk, awthan, Axis of Resistance, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Benjamin Netanyahu, Crusaders, Druze, fitna, G.R. Hawting, Gerald Hawting, Grey Zone, Haman, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HUR, ICC, idolatry, International Criminal Court, Iran, IRGC, ISIS, Islam, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Izzadeen al-Qassam Brigades, jahiliyya, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Jewish Lobby, Jews, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, JNIM, Joint Operations Chamber, Lotus, Main Directorate of Intelligence, Mali, MBS, MBZ, military bloggers, Mohamed Salah al-Din al-Halim Zaidan, monotheism, Muhammad bin Salman, Muhammad Bin Zayed, Muhammad Saladin Zaydan, mushrikeen, mushrikun, nationalism, NATO, Nikita Fedyanin, paganism, pagans, Pharaoh, polytheism, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qatar, Qur’an, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Resistance Axis, Russia, Saif al-Adel, Saleh al-Arouri, Saleh al-Aruri, Sayf al-Adel, Sayf al-Adl, separatism, shirk, Sunnis, takfir, Taliban, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Telegram, Tuaregs, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Wagner Group on August 4, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Introduces the Fifth “Caliph”

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 August 2023

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This entry was posted in Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari Speeches, Jihadi Output and tagged Abbasids, Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Iraqi, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Husayn al-Husayni al-Qurayshi, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Hafs al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, Abu Hudaifa al-Ansari, Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad al-Furqan, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Omar al-Muhajir, Abu Sulayman al-Shami, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Muhajir, Afghanistan, Africa, Afrin, Ahmad Abousamra, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, al-Furqan Media, Al-Injeel, Al-Injil, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda in Iraq, al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Amir Muhammad al-Mawla, AQAP, assassination, Battle of Fallujah, Bible, blasphemy, Christianity, Christians, Dawud, deen, Deraa, din, Efrin, elections, Fallujah, Gospels, HAMAS, Hamid al-Zawi, Hassan al-Utaybi, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hazimis, Hazimiyya, Hebrew Prophets, HTS, human rights, Ibrahim al-Badri, Ioudaismos, Isa, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamism, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jamaat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jews, jihadism, Judaism, King David, MIT, Moses, Mother of the Book, mukhabarat, Musa, National Intelligence Organization, New Testament, Nour Karim al-Matni, Nur Karim al-Matni, Old Testament, Omar Hadid, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Pentateuch, prisons, propaganda, Prophet Muhammad, Psalms, Qur’an, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Romans, Saudi Arabia, scripture, SNA, Syria, Syrian National Army, Taha Falaha, Tawrah, terrorism, Torah, Turkey, Umar Hadid, Umm al-Kitab, Usama bin Laden, Wael al-Ta’i, Zabur on August 22, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Turkey Tries to Exploit the Latest “Blasphemy” Controversy in Sweden

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 January 2023

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Turkey and tagged active measures, AKP, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, blasphemy, Chang Frick, Christianity, Danish cartoons, European Committee for Prophet Honouring, Finland, Hard Line, Iran, Islamism, Justice and Development Party, Jyllands-Posten, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Muslims, NATO, PKK, propaganda, Rasmus Paludan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, RT, Russia, Russia Today, Salman Rushdie, Saudi Arabia, secularism, Stram Kurs, Sweden, The Satanic Verses, theology, Turkey, Ukraine on January 22, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

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