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Jihadist “Forever Wars” Don’t End Because Western Troops Are Withdrawn

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 March 2023

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This entry was posted in History and tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Shabab, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Bashar al-Assad, Bilal al-Sudani, China, Donald Trump, Global War on Terror, GWOT, Hashd al-Shabi, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi Security Forces, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Joe Biden, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Matt Gaetz, military intervention, NATO, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, PKK, realism, Republicans, Russia, scandal, SDF, Shi’a militias, Somalia, Suhayl Salim Abd al-Rahman, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taliban, Turkey, Usama bin Laden, War Powers Act, Yemen on March 28, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

What To Make of China “Brokering” the Saudi-Iran Deal

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 14 March 2023

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Gulf States, Iran, Iran Deal and tagged Abqaiq attack, Abqaiq-Khurais attack, America, ARAMCO, Barack Obama, China, Donalt Trump, Egypt, hegemony, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Lebanon, maximum pressure, political warfare, proxy war, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Shia militias, Soviet Union, subversion, Syria, terrorism, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Yemen on March 14, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Al-Qaeda and Global Terrorism: What is the Current Threat?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 23 February 2023

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This entry was posted in Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda Terrorism, Islamic State Strategy, Syria and tagged 9/11, Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, Abd al-Malek Drukdel, Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, Abdirizaq Abdi Saleh, Abdul Malek Drukdel, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, Abdullah al-Faisal, Abdullah al-Muhajir, Abu Muhammad al-Golani, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Musab Abd al-Wadud, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Afghanistan, Africa, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Shara, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda in Iraq, al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, al-Shabab, Alexandre Dhaussy, Amn al-Kharji, Anwar al-Awlaki, AQAP, AQIM, Arid Uka, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bryan Bijaoui, Carlos Bledsoe, Cedric Cordier, Charlie Hebdo, Chechnya, CIA, Dagestan, Daniel Pearl, Denis Cuspert, Deso Dogg, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Fahd al-Quso, Faisal Shahzad, genocide, Germany, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Hizballah, HTS, Ibrahim al-Asiri, Intelligence, Iran, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Israel, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, JFS, jihadism, Jonathan Sandler, Khairiya Saber, Khaled Shaykh Muhammad, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Kosovo, KSM, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Lee Rigby, Major Nidal Hasan, Mali, Michael Adebolajo, Michael Adebowale, Mohammed Merah, Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, Muhammad Saeed al-Shamrani, Muhammad Saladin Zaydan, Muhammad Salah al-Din Zaidan, Mullah Muhammad Omar, Mullah Muhammad Umar, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, Myriam Monsonego, Nashwan Abdulbaqi, NATO, One Ummah, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Pensacola, PKK, President Joe Biden, Private Quinton Ezeagwula, Private William Long, Qasim al-Raymi, Qassem al-Raymi, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Richard Reid, Roshonara Choudhry, Russia, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saif al-Adl, Salafism, Saleh al-Somali, Sanctions, Saudi Arabia, Sayf al-Adel, SDF, September 11 attacks, spies, Stephen Timms, strategy, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taliban, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Tanzim Hurras al-Deen, Tanzim Hurras al-Din, Tehrik-e-Taliban, terrorism, TTP, Um Hamza, Ummah Wahidah, United States, Usama bin Laden, Waziristan, Yemen, Zionism on February 23, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Al-Qaeda Claimed It Was Behind the 2015 ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Attack. But Was It?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 December 2022

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This entry was posted in Al-Qaeda Terrorism, Islamic State Terrorist Attacks and tagged Abu Abdallah, Abu Muqatil al-Tunisi, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Amedy Coulibaly, Amn al-Kharji, Antisemitism, AQAP, Boubaker al-Hakim, Charlie Hebdo, Chérif Kouachi, Clarissa Jean-Philippe, Djamel Beghal, Farid Benyettou, France, Hayat Boumeddiene, Hypercacher, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Jews, Saïd Kouachi, Syria, terrorism on December 19, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

The World Cup in Qatar and “Personal Freedom” Make the Islamic State Very Angry

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 December 2022

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Biographies, Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abd al-Rahman al-Khorasani, Abdulrahman al-Khorasani, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Ibrahim al-Khorasani, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Muhajir, Afghanistan, Africa, al-Jazeera, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Al-Udeid Airbase, al-zanadiqa, Algeria, apostasy, Awakening, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Breaking the Walls campaign, Burkina Faso, Christianity, Christians, Crusaders, democracy, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Diwan al-Dawa wal-Masajid, Diwan al-I’lam, Egypt, FIFA World Cup, freedom of religion, God, Gulf States, Hamid al-Zawi, Hashd al-Shabi, heretics, Ibrahim al-Badri, ideology, Iran, Iraq, ISKP, Islam, Islamic State ISIS, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamists, Jews, jihad, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, liberalism, Mali, Mozambique, Nangarhar prison break, Niger, Operation BREAKING THE WALLS, Pakistan, personal freedom, PKK, Prophet Muhammad, Pul-e-Charkhi prison, Qatar, religion, Sahwa, Sahwat, Saudi Arabia, SDF, sectarianism, Shah Cheragh shrine, sharia, shari’a, Shi’ism, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taha Falaha, Taliban, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, West Africa, Westoxification, Wilayat al-Sahel, World Cup, Yemen, Yusuf al-Siddiq, zakat on December 4, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Attacks Iran and Many Iranians Ask: Did it Really?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 2 December 2022

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This entry was posted in Iran, Iran and Sunni jihadis, Islamic State Terrorist Attacks, Naba and tagged Abolhassan Banisadr, Abrahamic religions, Abu Aisha al-Omari, Abu Aisha al-Umari, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmed bin Musa, Ahvaz, al-Qaeda, Al-Sahaba, Ali al-Rida, Ali bin Musa al-Reza, Amaq News Agency, Amnesty International, Antisemitism, Arab conquests, Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, ASMLA, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Bashar al-Assad, Black Friday, Cambodia, Christians, Companions, conspiracy theories, Doctrina Jacobi, Evin prison, Hadith, Hamid Badakhshan, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Imam Reza, Iran, Iran International, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, Iraq War, IRGC, Ishmaelites, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic Government, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic Tradition, Islamists, Israel, Jaleh Square, Jews, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields, Magians, Mahsa Amini, Marxist-Islamists, MEK, Mojahedeen-e-Khalq, monotheism, Muhammad Saladin Zaydan, Muhammad Salah al-Din Zaidan, Mujahadeen-e-Khalq, nuclear weapons, Palestine Liberation Organisation, PLO, Prophet Muhammad, Rashidun Caliphate, Rex Cinema fire, Saudi Arabia, Sayf al-Adel, Sayf al-Adl, Shah, Shah Cheragh, Shi’a Imams, Syria, Taliban, Teaching of Jacob, terrorism, Twelver Shi’ism, Zoroastrians on December 2, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State Announces That Caliph Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi Is Dead

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 November 2022

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This entry was posted in Abu Umar al-Muhajir Speeches, Syria, Turkey, Turkey and ISIS and tagged Abd al-Munim al-Badawi, Abd al-Rahman al-Iraqi, Abd al-Raouf al-Muhajir, Abdul Munim al-Badawi, Abdulrahman al-Qaduli, Abdurrahman al-Qaduli, Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Iraqi, Abu Abdallah al-Baghdadi, Abu Abdallah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi, Abu Abdullah al-Hassani al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Atheer, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Husayn al-Husayni al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Muaz al-Iraqi, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, Abu Hamza al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, Abu Ishaq, Abu Khattab al-Iraqi, Abu Muhammad al-Furqan, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Muslim al-Ithawi, Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, Abu Mutaz al-Qurayshi, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Ubayda Abd al-Hakim, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Muhajir, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Ta’i, Ahmad al-Tai, Ahmed Hamed Hussain al-Ithawi, al-Qaeda, Amir Muhammad al-Mawla, Amr al-Absi, Badr Corps, Bandar al-Shaalan, Bashar al-Sumaidai, Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai, caliphate, CENTCOM, Dr. Wael al-Rawi, Fadel al-Hiyali, Free Syrian Army, FSA, Haji Bakr, Haji Zayd, Hamid al-Zawi, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, Ibrahim al-Badri, Idlib, Iran, ISIS, Islamic State, Juma al-Badri, Juma Awad al-Badri, Kurdistan Workers Party, laconic phrase, Majlis Shura al-Mujahideen, Makaram Taha Ali, Mujahideen Shura Council, Mullah Muhammad Omar, Mullah Muhammad Umar, Nour Karim al-Matani, Nour Karim al-Matni, Nour Karim Al-Mutni, Nur Karim al-Matani, Nur Karim al-Matni, PKK, Professor Zayd, Rawa, Rawa Camp, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Samir al-Khlifawi, Sayf al-Baghdad, SDF, Shia militias, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taliban, Telegram, Turkey, Ustath Zayd, Wolf Brigade on November 30, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

The Third Speech of Islamic State Spokesman Abu Umar al-Muhajir

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 September 2022

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This entry was posted in Abu Umar al-Muhajir Speeches, Jihadi Output and tagged Abu Hamza al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, Abu Umar al-Muhajir, Afghanistan, Africa, Ahrar al-Sham, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Amir Muhammad al-Mawla, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Antisemitism, Bangladesh, Bashar al-Assad, BREAKING THE WALLS, Christians, Communism, Crusaders, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, HAMAS, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hazaras, Hinduism, Houthis, HTS, India, Iran, Iraq, ISCAP, ISEAP, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State East Asia Province, Islamic State West Africa Province, Israel, ISWAP, Jews, Magians, Operation BREAKING THE WALLS, Pakistan, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, prison breaks, sectarianism, Sunnis, Syria, Taliban, Turkey, United Nations, Yemen, Zoroastrians on September 24, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

Has Turkey Captured the Islamic State’s “Caliph”?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 September 2022

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Biographies, Turkey, Turkey and ISIS and tagged Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, Abu Hamza al-Kurdi, Abu Omar al-Shishani, Abu Umar al-Shishani, Abu Zayd al-Iraqi, al-Naba, Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai, caliphate, Delegated Committee, Haji Hamid, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Ismail al-Ithawi, Jamal al-Mashadani, MIT, National Intelligence Organisation, Professor Zayd, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saddam Hussein, Sami Jassim al-Jaburi, Seda Dudarkaeva, Syria, Tarkhan Batirashvili, terrorism, Turkey, Ustath Zayd on September 9, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

The Contents of Islamic State’s Weekly Newsletter ‘Al-Naba’ in August 2022

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 September 2022

Christian homes burned by the Islamic State in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo || Al-Naba 352, p. 5

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abdul Rahman al-Qaduli, Abdurrahman al-Qaduli, Abu al-Zubayr al-Askari, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Abu Anas al-Firansi, Abu Ayman al-Iraqi, Abu Karam al-Hadrami, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad al-Furqan, Abu Muharib al-Muhajir, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Omar al-Khlifawi, Abu Sulayman al-Libi, Abu Suleiman al-Libi, Abu Ubayda Abd al-Hakim, Abu Umar al-Khlifawi, Afghanistan, Africa, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Tai, Ahmad bin Sa’id al-Amudi, al-mufsidun, al-Naba, Antisemitism, Bashar al-Assad, Breaking the Walls campaign, Christians, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Distinguished Martyrs, Egypt, Fabien Clain, Green Zone, Hal Ataka Hadith al-Rafida, Haqqani Network, hijra, hikmah, IEDs, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, ISCAP, ISIS, ISKP, Islam, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State West Africa Province, Islamism, Israel, ISWAP, Jews, Jihadi John, jihadism, jizya, Kakwanguru prison break, Khaled al-Logari, Kurdistan Workers' Party, MIT, Mohammed Emwazi, Mozambique, Muqtada al-Sadr, National Intelligence Organisation, Nigeria, Operation BREAKING THE WALLS, Pakistan, PKK, Rahimullah Haqqani, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saudi Arabia, SDF, secularism, Sinai Tribes Union, SNA, Somalia, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian National Army, Taha Falaha, Taliban, Turkey, Wael al-Rawi, Wael al-Tai, Yemen on September 4, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

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