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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.

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.

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.

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.

Roman Eastern Foederati and Arab Monotheism Before Islam

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 5 July 2025

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This entry was posted in History of Islam and tagged Alexander Severus, amici populi Romani, Arabia Petraea, Arabs, ascetics, Aurelian, Balkans, Battle of Adrianople, Bosra, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Chalcedonian, Christianisation, Christianity, Christians, cives, Constantine, Constantine the Great, Council of Chalcedon, Diocletian, Dumat al-Jandal, Eastern Roman Empire, Elagabalus, Emessa, Ethiopia, Fertile Crescent, foederati, Germanic peoples, Germans, Germany, Ghassanids, God, Gothic War, Goths, Great War, Hegra, heresy, Hijaz, Himyar, holy man, Homs, Ioudaismos, Irfan Shahid, Islam, Jerusalem, Jews, Judaism, Kindites, Lakhmid Kingdom, Lakhmids, Late Antiquity, Levant, Limes Orientalis, limitrophe provinces, loca sancta, Marcus Julius Philippus, Mavia, Mawiyya, Mesopotamia, monastics, monks, Monophysites, Monophysitism, Moses, Nabatean Kingdom, Nabateans, Najran, Negev, Nicene Creed, Oriens, orthodoxy, paganism, pagans, Palaestina, Palestine, Palmyra, Palmyrene Empire, Palmyrenes, Persia, Persian Empire, Philip the Arab, plague, Qaryat al-Faw, Queen of the Tanukh, Qur’an, Rhine, Romaioi, Roman Empire, Roman Republic, Romanisation, Romanitas, Romans, Saint Simeon, Salihids, Sasanians, Semitic people, Severus Alexander, Sinai, Syria, Tanukhids, Theodosius I, Valens, Western Roman Empire, Yemen on July 5, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Assessing the Historicity of Abu Bakr, Islam’s First Caliph

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 July 2025

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This entry was posted in History of Islam and tagged Abd al-Malik, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Abd al-Razzaq al-San’ani, Abraham, Abu Bakr, Arab conquests, Battle of Ajnadayn, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Christianity, Christians, Doctrina Jacobi, Doctrina Jacobi Nuper Baptizati, Early Islam, exegesis, Hadith, Holy Land, Imam Ali, Ioudaismos, Ishmaelites, Islam, Islamic Tradition, Israel, Jews, John of Damascus, Ka'ba, Kaaba, Levant, Millat Ibrahim, Moses, Muawiya, Musa, Musannaf, Palaestina, Palestine, Persian Empire, Promised Land, Prophet Muhammad, Qur'an, Rashidun Caliph, Roman Empire, Roman Syria, Sebeos, Syria, Syriac, Teaching of Jacob, The Secrets of Rabbi Simon ben Yohai, theology, Thomas the Presbyter, ulema, Umar I, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Umar II, Uthman, Yazid ibn al-Muhallab, Zayd ibn Thabit on July 1, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Has Alternative Suggestions for the Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah. It’s Jihad.

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 June 2025

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abraham, al-Bayt al-Ateeq, al-Bayt al-Atiq, al-Bayt al-Haram, Al-Bukhari, al-Masjid al-Aqsa, al-Masjid al-Haram, al-Naba, Arab Empire, Bakka, Bayt al-Maqdis, caliphate, Dhul Hijjah, Eid al-Adha, hajj, House of God, Inviolable House, Iraq, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamism, Jerusalem, jihad, jihadism, John Wansbrough, Kaaba, ka’ba, Mecca, Millay Ibrahim, mujahideen, Muslims, Prophet Muhammad, Qur’an, Sacred House, Saudi Arabia, shari’a, Sunna, Sunnah, Syria, taqwa, tawaf, Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah, terrorism, Yawm al-Arafah on June 16, 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.

Meeting Protestants in Ukraine

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Foreign Travel, Russia and tagged A Jesus Mission, atheism, Austria, Battle of Poltava, Bible, Bolsheviks, Catherine the Great, Cheka, Chekists, Christianity, Cold War, Communism, Crimea, Crimean Khanate, Dnipro, Donald Trump, Donbas, Donetsk, Ekaterina II, Enlightenment, Euromaidan, Evangelical Christianity, George Floyd, Germany, Gleb Kopalin, God, Golden Horde, Greek Catholic Uniates, GRU, Habsburgs, Hezbollah, Hitler-Stalin Pact, Hizballah, humanitarian aid, Ignatius Aphrem II, Igor Pilipyshka, Intelligence, Israel, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews for Jesus, KGB, Kharkiv, Kievan Rus, Kyiv Jewish Messianic Congregation, Latin Christendom, Lebanon, Left-Bank Ukraine, Little Green Men, Luhansk, Maidan Uprising, Mariupol, Mercy House, Minsk I, Minsk II, Mongols, NATO, Nazis, Nicodemites, Orthodox Christianity, Ottoman Empire, Poland, Protestantism, Protestants, Prussia, Reformation, religion, religious persecution, Right-Bank Ukraine, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholics, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Save One More Life, Second World War, secularism, siloviki, Soviet Union, spies, Stephen Smith, Syria, Twitch, Ukrainian Cyborgs, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, White Angels, Zaporizhiya on May 28, 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.

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