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Islamic State Profiles its “Hidden Figures”

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 January 2025

This entry was posted in History, Jihadi Biographies, Jihadi Output and tagged Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah al-Baz, Abd al-Munim al-Badawi, Abd al-Nasser al-Qardash, Abdul Munim al-Badawi, Abdullah Azzam, Abdullah bin Najm al-Hilali, Abdullah Qardash, Abdulrahman al-Qaduli, Abdulrahman Ibn Mustafa al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abdurrahman al-Qaduli, Abu Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi, Abu Abdulrahman al-Dulaymi, Abu Ahmad al-Hilali al-Adnani, Abu al-Ghadiya al-Shami, Abu al-Ghadiya al-Suri, Abu al-Hareth, Abu al-Harith, Abu al-Harith al-Iraqi, Abu al-Mughira al-Qahtani, Abu al-Nasr al-Libi, Abu al-Nasser al-Libi, Abu Ala al-Afri, Abu Ala al-Qurayshi, Abu Alaa al-Afri, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Abu Ali al-Qurdash al-Turkmani, Abu Anas al-Shami, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Abu Azzam al-Hilali al-Adnani, Abu Azzam al-Iraqi, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-Iraqi, Abu Ghraib, Abu Hafs al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, Abu Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Husayn al-Husayni al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Ansari, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Zaydi, Abu Iman, Abu Ishaq al-Askari, Abu Jasim al-Iraqi, Abu Khattab al-Falluji, Abu Mariya al-Qahtani, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad al-Furqan, Abu Muhammad al-Ghassani, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Muhammad al-Lubnani, Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, Abu Mutaz al-Qurayshi, Abu Nabil al-Anbari, Abu Nabil al-Zubaydi, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Shahd al-Mashadani, Abu Sulayman al-Nasser, Abu Talha al-Ansari, Abu Talha al-Hamdani al-Adnani, Abu Talha al-Mawsuli, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Qurdash, Abu Umar al-Shihawi al-Dulaymi, Adnan al-Bilawi, Adnan al-Suwaydawi, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, Al-Faqih Abu Khattab al-Dulaymi, Al-Harari, Al-Haras al-Jamhuri al-Khas, Al-Jazeera Camp, al-Majlis Shura al-Mujahideen, Al-Nasser Lideen Allah, Al-Qa’qa ibn Amr, al-salaf al-salih, Al-Salul, Amir Muhammad al-Mawla, Ansar al-Islam, Arab Empire, Army of Hardship, Army of Truth, Awwad al-Zuba’i, Awwad al-Zuba’i al-Qahtani, Baath Party, Baathism, Ba’th Party, Ba’thism, Badran Turki Hishan al-Mazidi, Baghuz, Battle of Fallujah, Battle of Tal Afar, Caliphate Army, Coptic Christians, Copts, Dar Islami, Delegated Committee, Du’a Khalil Aswad, extremism, Fadel al-Hiyali, faith campaign, Faiz al-Athari, Fallujah, Grand Mufti, Group of Monotheism and Salafism, Haji Abdullah al-Afri Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Haji Bakr, Haji Dawood, Haji Dawud, Haji Iman, Haji Mutaz, Hamid al-Ani, Hamid al-Muhammadi, Hamid al-Salafi, Hamid al-Zawa, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hilal al-Ameri, Hilf al-Mutayibeen, HTS, Hudayfa al-Batawi, Ibrahim al-Badri, ideology, IIP, Iran, Iraq, Iraq al-Ameri, Iraqi Islamic Party, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamism, Jabhat al-Nusra, jahiliyya, Jamaat al-Tawhid al-Salafiyya, Jamaat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, Jaysh al-Siddiq, Jaysh al-Usra, Jaysh Dabiq, Jaysh Khilafa, jihadism, jihadists, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Khalidiya Island, Kharijites, Khattab al-Ameri, Khattab al-Faysal, khawarij, Kurdistan, Libya, Manaf al-Rawi, Maysar al-Jaburi, Maysar Ali Musa Abdullah al-Jaburi, monotheism, Muayyad al-Salih, Muayyad Talih, muhajireen, Muhammad al-Issawi, Muhammad Khalaf Shakar, Muharib al-Jaburi al-Qahtani, mujahideen, Mujahideen Shura Council, Mullah Krekar, Muslim Brotherhood, Mustafa Ramadan Darwish, Najmadin Faraj Ahmad, Numan al-Zaydi, Omar Hadid, Omar Yousef Juma, Omar Yusuf Juma, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, pious predecessors, Prophet Muhammad, RAND Corporation, Rawa Camp, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Salafis, Salafism, Samir al-Khlifawi, Saudi Arabia, sectarianism, Shaker al-Badri, shari’a, Shi’ism, Subhi al-Badri, Sulayman Khalid Darwish, Syria, Taha Abd al-Raheem Abdallah Bakr al-Ghassani, Taha Falaha, Taha Subhi Falaha, Tanzim al-Qaeda, terrorism, Thamir al-Dulaymi, Umar al-Assafi, Umar bin Hadid al-Dulaymi, Umar Hadid, Umar Yusef al-Juma, Umar Yusef Juma, Umar Yusef Jum’a, Usama bin Laden, Wael al-Ta’i, Wahhabi, Wahhabism, Wissam al-Zubaydi, Yasin Qardash, Yazidis on January 11, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Should Syria’s New Rulers Be on the Terrorism List?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 December 2024

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, Alawis, Alawites, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Britain, Christians, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, Jabhat al-Nusra, jihadism, jihadists, John Sawers, MI5, MI6, Qatar, religious minorities, Secret Intelligence Service, sectarianism, Security Service, SIS, Syria, terrorism, Turkey on December 11, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Bashar al-Assad Falls

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 December 2024

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, Ajnad al-Kavkaz, al-Qaeda, Alawis, Albania, Aleppo, Alois Brunner, Arab nationalism, Arab Spring, Baath Party, Baathism, Ba’th Party, Ba’thism, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Chechens, Chechnya, chemical weapons, China, crimes against humanity, Egypt, Free Syrian Army, FSA, Ghouta, GULAG, Hama massacre, Hama rules, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HTS, Imam Bukhari Jamaat, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, jihadists, Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, KTJ, Lebanon, Libya, Liwa al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, nationalism, Nazi war criminals, Nazism, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, pan-Arabism, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Quds Force, Russia, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Salafi-jihadism, Shi’a jihadists, Siege of Hama, Syria, Taliban, TIP, totalitarianism, Tunisia, Turkistan Islamic Party, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, weapons of mass destruction, WMD, Xhemati Alban on December 9, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Condemns Syria’s Regime—and Syria’s Insurgents

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 December 2024

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba, Syria, Syrian Insurgency and tagged al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Alawis, Antisemitism, Atatürk, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, batinis, batiniya, Christians, Free Syrian Army, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HTS, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, IRGC Network, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Ismailis, Israel, jahiliya, Jews, jihadism, jihadists, Kobani, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Lebanon, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nusayris, PKK, Rafidah, Rafidis, Romans, Rome, Russia, SDF, SNA, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian National Army, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin, Yazidis on December 7, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

The New Insurgent Offensive Shows the War in Syria Never Ended

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 2 December 2024

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Aleppo, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Arab Spring, Astana, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, caliphate, Cold War, Gaza, HAMAS, Hassan Nasrallah, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Houthis, HTS, Idlib, Iran, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Ivory Coast, Jabhat al-Nusra, jihadism, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Lebanon, Palestine, Palestinians, PKK, Russia, SDF, Shi’a jihadists, SNA, Soviet Union, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian National Army, terrorism, Turkey, Ukraine, United Nations, Yemen on December 2, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Jewish Influence At the Origins of Islam

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 November 2024

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This entry was posted in History, History of Islam and tagged Abbasid Revolution, Abbasids, Abd al-Malik, Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, Abraham, al-Hajar al-Aswad, al-Masjid al-Haram, Arab Empire, Arabs, Babylonian Talmud, Bayt al-Haram, Bible, Black Stone, Christianity, Christians, Commander of the Believers, Commander of the Faithful, Constantine the Great, Constitution of Medina, Doctrina Jacobi, Eusebius, Fred Donner, G.J. Reinink, Gethsemane, Golgotha, Hadith, Hagar, Hagarenes, Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World, hajj, Haramayn, Ibn al-Zubayr, India, Ioudaismos, Ishmael, Ishmaelites, Islamic Tradition, isra, Israel, jahiliya, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jewish, Jewish Temple, Jews, John of Sedreh, John Wansbrough, Justinian, Kaaba, ka’ba, Land of Israel, Letter of John of Sedreh, Libya, Mecca, Medina, Mesopotamia, Mhaggraye, mi’raj, Michael Cook, Michael Penn, monotheism, Moses, Muawiya, mushrikun, Muslims, Noah, paganism, pagans, Patricia Crone, Pentateuch, Persian Empire, Persians, plague, Promised Land, Prophet Ibrahim, Prophet Muhammad, Qibla, Qurayshi, Qur’an, Roman Empire, Romans, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sassanids, Sebeos, sectarian milieu, Simon ben Yohai, Sunna, Syria, Syria Palaestina, Tachkastan, Tanakh, Teaching of Jacob, Temple Mount, The Letter of John of Sedreh, The Secrets of Rabbi Simon ben Yohai, Torah, True Cross, Umar I, Umar ibn Khattab, Umayr ibn Sa’d al-Ansari, Virgin Mary, Yathrib on November 28, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

The Islamic State View of Donald Trump Being Back in the White House

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 18 November 2024

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Afghanistan, al-Naba, Ali Khamenei, Antisemitism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Christians, Crusaders, Deal of the Century, democracy, Democrats, Donald Trump, Egypt, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Jews, jihadism, jihadists, Jordan, Khorasan, Korah, Nimrod, Pharoah, Qatar, Qur’an, Republicans, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saudi Arabia, sectarianism, Syria, Taliban, terrorism, UAE, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vladimir Putin on November 18, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Israel Prepared Well For the War With Hizballah in Lebanon

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 23 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Abbas Nilforoushan, Ahmad Mahmoud Wahabi, Ali Karaki, Ariel Sharon, Axis of Resistance, Aziz Unit, ceasefire, Dahiyeh Doctrine, diplomacy, displaced people, Fuad Shukr, Gaza, HAMAS, Hashem Safieddine, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Hizballah, human shields, Ibrahim Aqil, Ibrahim Qubaisi, IDF, Intelligence, Ireland, IRGC, IRGC Network, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Jihad Council, jihadism, Lebanon, Marine barracks bombing, Mohammed Naame Nasser, Mohammed Surur, MOSSAD, NATO, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinians, PLO, Radwan Force, refugees, Resistance Axis, Sami Taleb Abdallah, Suleiman Frangieh, Syria, terrorism, UNIFIL, United Nations, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, United States, Wafiq Safa, Wissam al-Tawil on October 23, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

No Honest Person Should Be Using The HAMAS Casualty Figures For Gaza

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 15 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Adolf Hitler, Ahli Hospital, Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Amnesty International, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, Bosnia, Christianity, Communism, disinformation, Francesca Albanese, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, Government Media Office, HAMAS, Houthis, human rights, Human Rights Watch, IDF, Intelligence, International Court of Justice, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Jews, jihadism, Joe Biden, Lebanon, Marxism, media, MEK, misinformation, Mojahedeen-e-Khalq, MOSSAD, Nazis, Nazism, NGOs, OCHA, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PLO, provokatsiya, racism, Ruhollah Khomeini, SAVAK, Shah, Simchat Torah pogrom, Soviet Union, Srebrenica Massacre, Syria, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Telegram, The Lancet, totalitarianism, United Nations, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Wikipedia, Yemen, Zionism on October 15, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Wife Sentenced to Death

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Iraq, Jihadi Biographies and tagged Abd al-Nasir Qardash, Abd al-Rahman al-Qaduli, Abu Abdallah al-Zuba’i, Abu Abdallah al-Zubai, Abu Abdullah al-Zuba’i, Abu Abdullah al-Zubai, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-Iraqi, Abu Ghraib, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad al-Furqan, Abu Omar al-Shishani, Abu Umar al-Shishani, Aisha Qatmawi, Al-Arabiya, al-Hashd al-Shabi, Al-Hawl, Al-Hol, al-Jazeera, al-Qaeda, Aramaic, Asma Fawzi Mohammed al-Qubaysi, Asma Mohammed, Ba’athism, Ba’athists, BBC, Camp Speicher, Chechnya, Daesh, Fallah Ismail Jassem, Geneva Conventions, genocide, Greek Orthodox Christianity, Haji Bakr, Hisham Mohammad, Hudayfa al-Badri, Ibrahim al-Badri, Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri, ideology, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi insurgency, IRGC, ISIS, Islam, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Isra Rajab Mahal al-Qaysi, Izzat al-Douri, Izzat al-Duri, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jamaat Tawhid wal-Jihad, Jaysh Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jamaa, Jaysh Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama’a, Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama’a, Jaysh al-Rashideen, Jesus, jihadism, Kamal Khalaf, Kayla Mueller, Maaloula, Malula, Mansour, Muath al-Kasasbeh, Muslim Brotherhood, Nohad Machnouk, Nour Ibrahim al-Zuba’i, Nour Ibrahim al-Zubai, Omaima, PMF, Popular Mobilization Forces, Qur’an, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saja al-Dulaimi, Salafism, Samir al-Khlifawi, sectarianism, Seda Dudarkaeva, Shi’a militias, Siban Khalil, slavery, Special Groups, Syria, Taha Falaha, Tarkhan Batirashvili, terrorism, Terrorism in the Grip of Justice, Turkey, Umaima, Umm Hudaifa, Umm Hudayfa, Wael al-Ta’i, Wolf Brigade, Yazidi genocide, Yazidis on October 6, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

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