By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 May 2025
What Iran’s Leaks Really Tell Us About Syrian “Interim” President Ahmad al-Shara’s Past with the Islamic State
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A Note on the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Dependence on Iran
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 May 2025
Muhammad al-Sudani has been Iraq’s Prime Minister since October 2022. He was installed at Iran’s behest after a year-long political logjam following the 2021 Iraqi elections. The political fronts for Iran’s terrorist-militias lost those elections, but Tehran picked the Prime Minister anyway.
Profile of Islamic State “Heroic Commander” Jarrah al-Shami
Trump’s “Policies” on Syria and Ukraine Come into View
Did 27 Million Soviet Citizens Die Fighting the Nazis?
Will Trump Succeed in Withdrawing From Syria This Time?
The Evidence of Iran’s Responsibility for the October 7 Pogrom in Israel Keeps Piling Up
The Alawi Massacres in Syria: A Blip or a Rubicon?
Visiting Post-Revolutionary Syria
A Note on the Family of Elagabalus and Roman Rule in Syria
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 February 2025
When Septimius Severus became Roman Emperor in 193 AD, his wife, whom he had married in 187, was Julia Domna, a native of Emesa (now Homs), meaning Rome had its first Syrian Empress.
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