By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 July 2025
How Much Responsibility Does the Syrian State Have for the Alawi Massacres?
2 Replies
Tag Archives: Syria
Roman Eastern Foederati and Arab Monotheism Before Islam
Assessing the Historicity of Abu Bakr, Islam’s First Caliph
Islamic State Has Alternative Suggestions for the Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah. It’s Jihad.
Ahmad al-Shara Met Donald Trump, and the Islamic State is Not Pleased
Meeting Protestants in Ukraine
Dealing with the Conspiracy Theory that Islamic State “Never” Attacks Israel
What Iran’s Leaks Really Tell Us About Syrian “Interim” President Ahmad al-Shara’s Past with the Islamic State
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.
Kyle Orton's Blog 