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Can Syria’s Future Escape Ahmad al-Shara’s Past?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 13 November 2025

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 Sets its Sights on Libya as a Launchpad for Terrorism Against Europe

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 25 October 2025

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This entry was posted in Islamic Militancy, Jihadi Output, Libya, Naba and tagged Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Sarh, Abdallah ibn Abi al-Sarh, Abu al-Mughira al-Qahtani, Abu Nabil al-Anbari, Abul-Mughirah al-Qahtani, Africa, al-mustad’afun, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, al-wala wal-bara, Amr ibn al-As, aqeeda, aqida, Barqa, Caliph Omar, Caliph Umar, Caliph Uthman, Christianity, Colonel Gaddafi, deen, Derna, dunya, Europe, fard ayn, Fath al-Islami, Fezzan, Ibn Khaldun, Ikhwan, infidels, ISIS, Islam, Islamic Conquests, Islamic State, Islamism, jahiliyya, jihadism, jizya, Libya, monotheism, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Musa ibn Nusayr, Muslim Brotherhood, Prophet Muhammad, Romans, Russia, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Sahel, sectarianism, Sirte, taghut, Tawhid, terrorism, Tripoli, Umar al-Faruq, umma, Uqba ibn Nafi, West Africa, Wissam al-Zubaydi, Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al-Zubaydi on October 25, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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

Israel’s War With its Enemies Has Only Ever Been About the October 7 Massacre

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 October 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Adi Vital-Kaploun, Agam Goldstein-Almog, Al-Aqsa Flood, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Antisemitism, Arabs, Arbel Siman Tov, Ariel Bibas, Aviv Kutz, Avlum Mils, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Batia Holin, Bibas family, Carol Siman Tov, crimes against humanity, Daniel Peretz, Daniel Perez, disinformation, Erick Peretz, Gaza, genocide, Gil Taasa, Hadar Berdichesky, HAMAS, Hassan Nasrallah, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Holocaust, Holocaust-deniers, hostages, Houthis, IDF, information war, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolution, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Israeli hostages, Itay Berdichesky, Itay Chen, Jews, jihadism, Johnny Siman Tov, Kfir Bibas, Kibbutz Be’eri, Kibbutz Kissufim, Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Kibbutz Nir Oz, Kibbutz Re’im, Koren Taasa, Lebanon, Liel Hatzroni, Liraz Assulin, Livnat Kutz, Maayan Idan, Mahmoud Afana, Matan Angrest, media, Mila Cohen, Naama Levy, Nazis, Netiv Ha’asara, Nova Music Festival, Nukhba unit, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Ohad Cohen, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Siman Tov, Operation AL-AQSA FLOOD, Or Taasa, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinians, PIJ, propaganda, racism, Rami Shmuel, rape as a weapon of war, Raz Cohen, Ron Freger, Ronen Engel, Rotem Kutz, Russia, Ruth Peretz, Sandra Cohen, sectarianism, sexual violence, Shahar Siman Tov, Shani Louk, Shay Taasa, Shi’a militias, Shiri Bibas, Shlomo Mansour, Syria, Tali Biner, Tamar Kedem Siman Tov, terrorism, Tomer Leibovich, torture, Tsachi Idan, Twelve-Day War, United Nations, war crimes, Yahya Sinwar, Yarden Bibas, Yemen, Yiftach Kutz, Yona Cohen, Yonatan Kutz, Yonatan Siman Tov, Yoni Saadon, ZAKA, ZAKA Search and Rescue on October 7, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Wants to Extend its War Against Christians in Africa to Europe

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 August 2025

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Africa, Al-Andalus, al-Naba, al-wala wal-bara, Antisemitism, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Burkina Faso, Cabo Delgado, Christianity, Christians, Crusades, democracy, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Europe, Former Mandate Palestine, France, Iberia, ideology, IEDs, ISCAP, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamic State Central African Province, Islamic State West Africa Province, Islamists, Israel, ISWAP, Jesus, jihadism, jihadists, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, media, messaging, Mozambique, Muslim Spain, Niger, Nigeria, PKK, Portugal, propaganda, Qur’an, religion, Saudi Arabia, SDF, sectarianism, shari’a, Spain, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, terrorism, United States, Wilayat al-Sahel, Wilayat al-Sham, Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiya, Wilayat Mozambique, Wilayat Wasat Ifriqiya on August 14, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

How Much Responsibility Does the Syrian State Have for the Alawi Massacres?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 July 2025

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Abu Ahd al-Hamawi, Abu Jaber al-Khattabi, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmed Qurfays, Ahrar al-Sham, Al-Klazyia, al-Qaeda, Alawi coast, Alawis, Alawites, Arza, Baniyas, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Chechens, crimes against humanity, Donald Trump, Efrin, Emmanuel Macron, European Union, felool, felul, foreign fighters, fulul, General Security Service, GSS, Hama, Hamza Division, Hassan Abd al-Ghani, Hassan Abdel Ghani, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Homs, Houla Massacre, HTS, human rights, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Islamists, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jableh, Jaysh al-Ahrar, Jaysh al-Islam, Jaysh al-Izza, jihadism, jihadists, Khattab, Kurds, Latakia, looting, Ministry of Defence, Othman Brigade, pogroms, sectarianism, SNA, SNHR, Sonobar, Sultan Sulayman Shah Brigade, Sultan Suleiman Shah Brigade, Sunnis, Syria, Syrian National Army, Syrian Network for Human Rights, Tartus, TIP, Turkistan Islamic Party, Unit 400, United Nations, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, war crimes on July 17, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Dealing with the Conspiracy Theory that Islamic State “Never” Attacks Israel

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Islamic State Terrorist Attacks, Israel and tagged 2007 Glasgow Airport attack, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari, Abu Maysara al-Iraqi, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Al-Andalus, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda Central, al-Qaeda in Iraq, al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, Andalusia, Antisemitism, Arab nationalism, Atiya, Atiya Abd al-Rahman, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, Atiyya, Ayman Ighbariya, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Bayt al-Maqdis, caliphate, Communism, democracy, disinformation, Donald Trump, Fadi Al-Qunbar, Gaza War, HAMAS, Hamid al-Zawi, Ibrahim al-Badri, ideology, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi insurgency, Iraqi Islamic Party, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Jamal al-Misrati, Jewish State, jihadism, jihadists, Jordan, Khaled Ighbariya, Lebanese Armed Forces, Mandate Palestine, Mecca, Medina, Mohammed Abu al-Kiyan, Moustapha Akkad, Muslim Brotherhood, Nashat Melhem, October 7 Pogrom, Omar Hadid, Osama bin Laden, Palestine, Palestinian Territories, pan-Arabism, PFLP, PFLP-GC, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, propaganda, radicalism, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, sectarianism, shari’a, Shi’a, Simchat Torah pogrom, Spain, Sunnis, Syria, Taha Falaha, Tanzim al-Qaeda fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, Umar Hadid, Usama bin Laden, USS Ashland, USS Kearsarge, Zionism on May 12, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Changes Course in Dealing With the Tribes, Holds Its Ground Against Democracy

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.

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