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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.

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.

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.

The West Needs a Strategy to Counter Iran’s “Ring of Fire”

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 April 2024

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Iran, Israel and tagged Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, al-Hashd al-Shabi, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Antisemitism, Artesh, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayn al-Asad Airbase, Badr Corps, Badr Organisation, Dawa Party, Donald Trump, French Revolution, Gaza, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Hadi al-Ameri, Hadi al-Amiri, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Houthis, Huthis, invasion of Iraq, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Israel, Jamal al-Ibrahimi, Jews, Karbala raid, LAF, Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanon, Mohammad Hadi Haji-Rahimi, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Mohammed al-Sudani, Nevatim Airbase, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Qods Force, Quds Force, Russian Revolutions, Sanctions, SCIRI, sectarianism, Shaaban Intifada, Shi’a jihadists, Shi’a militias, Shi’ite jihad, Special Groups, Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Syria, terrorism, Unit 3800, velayat-e faqih, wilayat al-faqih, Zionism on April 16, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Al-Qaeda and Global Terrorism: What is the Current Threat?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 23 February 2023

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This entry was posted in Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda Terrorism, Islamic State Strategy, Syria and tagged 9/11, Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, Abd al-Malek Drukdel, Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, Abdirizaq Abdi Saleh, Abdul Malek Drukdel, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, Abdullah al-Faisal, Abdullah al-Muhajir, Abu Muhammad al-Golani, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Musab Abd al-Wadud, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Afghanistan, Africa, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Shara, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda in Iraq, al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, al-Shabab, Alexandre Dhaussy, Amn al-Kharji, Anwar al-Awlaki, AQAP, AQIM, Arid Uka, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bryan Bijaoui, Carlos Bledsoe, Cedric Cordier, Charlie Hebdo, Chechnya, CIA, Dagestan, Daniel Pearl, Denis Cuspert, Deso Dogg, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Fahd al-Quso, Faisal Shahzad, genocide, Germany, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Hizballah, HTS, Ibrahim al-Asiri, Intelligence, Iran, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Israel, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, JFS, jihadism, Jonathan Sandler, Khairiya Saber, Khaled Shaykh Muhammad, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Kosovo, KSM, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Lee Rigby, Major Nidal Hasan, Mali, Michael Adebolajo, Michael Adebowale, Mohammed Merah, Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, Muhammad Saeed al-Shamrani, Muhammad Saladin Zaydan, Muhammad Salah al-Din Zaidan, Mullah Muhammad Omar, Mullah Muhammad Umar, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, Myriam Monsonego, Nashwan Abdulbaqi, NATO, One Ummah, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Pensacola, PKK, President Joe Biden, Private Quinton Ezeagwula, Private William Long, Qasim al-Raymi, Qassem al-Raymi, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Richard Reid, Roshonara Choudhry, Russia, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saif al-Adl, Salafism, Saleh al-Somali, Sanctions, Saudi Arabia, Sayf al-Adel, SDF, September 11 attacks, spies, Stephen Timms, strategy, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taliban, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Tanzim Hurras al-Deen, Tanzim Hurras al-Din, Tehrik-e-Taliban, terrorism, TTP, Um Hamza, Ummah Wahidah, United States, Usama bin Laden, Waziristan, Yemen, Zionism on February 23, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Saddam Relative Arrested in Lebanon, Accused of Islamic State Crimes

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 August 2022

Area on the banks of the Tigris where the cadets of Camp Speicher were massacred by the Islamic State || Scott Peterson/The Christian Science Monitor

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This entry was posted in Islamic Militancy, Jihadi Biographies, Saddam and Islamism and tagged Abdullah Yasser Sabawi, Abdullah Yasser Sabawi al-Hassan, Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, Abu al-Mughirah al-Qahtani, Abu Nabil al-Anbari, Abul-Mughirah al-Qahtani, Adnan al-Bilawi, Ba'athists, Baathism, Barzan al-Ibrahim, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Byblos, caliphate, Camp Speicher massacre, execution, Fedayeen Saddam, genocide, Gulf War, Houthis, Ibrahim Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, IIS, Intelligence, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraqi Intelligence Service, IRGC, ISIS, Islam, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Jebeil, Jubayl, Lebanon, Libya, mukhabarat, Muslim Brotherhood, pan-Arabism, Republican Guards, Saad Sabawi, Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Saddam Hussein, Salafi Trend, Salafism, Sanctions, sectarianism, Shaaban Intifada, Six-Day War, spies, The Faith Campaign, totalitarianism, Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Wissam al-Zubaydi, Yemen on August 24, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

United Nations Report Finds Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Reduced, But Reviving

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 July 2022

Islamic State in Palmyra, December 2016

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This entry was posted in Islamic Militancy and tagged Abd al-Haq al-Turkestani, Abd al-Malek Drukdel, Abd al-Rahman al-Maghrebi, Abd al-Raouf al-Muhajir, Abdelmalek Droukdel, Abdoul Salam Dicko, Abdul Qadir Mumin, Abu Abdullah ibn Umar al-Barnawi, Abu Ahmed al-Madani, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Dujana al-Iraqi, Abu Hammam al-Suri, Abu Hamza al-Khalidi, Abu Hamza al-Qurayshi, Abu Hamza Sharqiyah, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Muhammad al-Turkestani, Abu Musab Abd al-Wadud, Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Muslim al-Ithawi, Abu Qarwani, Abu Qasim, Abu Sayyaf Group, Abu Ubayda, Abu Ubayda Yusuf al-Anabi, Abu Umayr al-Hadhrami, Abu Yahia al-Jazairi, Abu Yaseer Hassan, Abu Zacharia, Abubakar Shekau, ADF, Afghanistan, Africa, Ahlu-Sunnah Wa-Jama, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmed Diriye, Ahmed Hamed Hussain al-Ithawi, Ahmed Umar, Al-Anfal office, Al-Faruq office, Al-Furqan office, Al-Hawl, Al-Hol, Al-Karrar office, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, al-Shabab, Al-Sham office, Al-Siddiq office, Al-Sinaa prison, Algeria, Allied Democratic Forces, Amadou Boucary, Amadou Koufa, Amir Muhammad al-Mawla, and Burkina Faso, Ansar Allah, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Ansarallah, Ansaru, Ansarul Islam, AQAP, AQIM, AQIS, Ashan Sumut, Asidan Ag Hitta, ASWJ, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Ba Idrisa, Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai, Bitcoin, Boko Haram, China, cryptocurrency, Delegated Committee, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, Egypt, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, espionage, ETIM, Europe, Faharudin Hadji Satar, Faknane Ag Taki, Faruq al-Suri, Faysal al-Khalidi, France, GRU, guerrilla war, Habib Yusuf, Haji Hamid, Haji Zayd, Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen, Hasan Mahsum, hawala, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, Hittin Committee, Houthis, HTS, Huthis, Idlib, insurgency, Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, ISCAP, ISEAP, ISGS, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic State, Islamic State Central African Province, Islamic State East Asia Province, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, Islamic State in West Africa Province, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State Mozambique, Islamic State Sahel Province, Islamic State Sinai Province, Islamic State's Central African Province, ISSP, ISWAP, Iyad Ag Ghaly, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jafar Dicko, Jamaat Ansarullah, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen, Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad, Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi Biladis Sudan, JASDJ, Jer Mimbantas, JNIM, Juma Awad al-Badri, Kaiwusair, Kosovo, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Lake Chad basin, Libya, Macina Liberation Front, Malam Bako, Mali, Memetiming Memeti, Muhammad Abbatay, Muhammad Saladin Zaydan, Niger, Nigeria, Operation BARKHANE, Operation BREAKING THE WALLS, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, PKK, refugees, Russia, Sa’ad bin Atef al-Awlaki, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Salih bin Salim bin Ubayd Abolan, Sami Jassim al-Jaburi, Samir al-Bourhan, Samir Hijazi, Sanaullah Ghafari, Sanctions, Saudi Arabia, Sayf al-Adel, Sayf al-Adl, SDF, Seka Musa Baluku, Sekou Muslimu, Shahab al-Muhajir, Sidan Ag Hitta, sleeper cells, Somalia, spies, Sudan, Syria, Syrian Democratic Founders, Tajikistan, Talha Al-Libi, Taliban, Tamim al-Kurdi, Tandheem Hurras al-Deen, Tanzim Hurras al-Din, Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, terrorism, TTP, Turkistan Islamic Party, Uganda, Ukraine, Umm al-Qura office, United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, Usama bin Laden, Uyghurs, Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa, Vladimir Putin, Wagner Group, wilayats, Xinjiang, Yahia Abu Amar, Yahia Djouadi, Yazid Mabrak, Yazid Mebrak, Yemen, Zu al-Nurayn office on July 30, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

The Challenge for Western Intelligence in Talibanized Afghanistan

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 18 June 2022

A U.S. helicopter above the American Embassy in Kabul, 15 August 2021 | AP

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This entry was posted in Afghanistan, Islamic Militancy and tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Shabab, Ashraf Ghani, assassination, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Ba'athists, Baathism, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Communism, Defense Intelligence Agency, Donald Trump, drones, espionage, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gharbzadegi, Habatullah Akhundzada, Haqqani Network, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, ISI, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic State, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State’s Khorasan Province, Islamism, Israel, jihadism, Joe Biden, MOSSAD, National Resistance Front, Northern Alliance, NRF, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Panjshir, Pashtuns, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Sanctions, sectarianism, sharia, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Somalia, South Vietnam, Taliban, torture, Usama bin Laden, Vietnam, weapons of mass destruction, Westoxification, WMD on June 18, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

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