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Can Syria’s Future Escape Ahmad al-Shara’s Past?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 13 November 2025

This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Abdul Jashari, Abdulaziz Hudaberdi, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Qatada al-Albani, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, al-Qaeda, Alawi massacres, Alawis, Alawites, Alija Izetbegović, Antisemitism, Bashar al-Asad, Bosnia, Brad Cooper, Caesar Act, Caesar sanctions, CENTCOM, China, David Petraus, Donald Trump, Druze, foreign fighters, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HTS, ideology, Iran, Iranian Revolution, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Jewish State, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, jihadists, Kevin Lambert, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Kurds, Lebanon, media, Palestinians, PKK, propaganda, public relations, Rabbi Yosef Hamra, Raed Fares, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, repression, Salafi-jihadism, Sanctions, sectarianism, SNA, SOCOM, Specially Designated Global Terrorist, Syria, Syrian National Army, Taliban, terrorism, Thomas Barrack, TIP, torture, Turkey, Turkistan Islamic Party, United Nations, United States Central Command, Uyghurs, Xhemati Alban, Xinjiang, Zahid on November 13, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Islamic State’s Commentary on Israel (So Far) in 2025

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 October 2025

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This entry was posted in Islamic Militancy, Israel, Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abu Mazen, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Shara, Al-Azhar, al-Naba, Amn al-Kharji, Antisemitism, Ariel Sharon, Battle of Al-Bab, Camp David, Christianity, Crusaders, Donald Trump, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza War, HAMAS, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, ideology, Iran, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic State, Islamists, Israel, jahiliyya, Jewish State, Jews, jihadism, Lebanon, Mahmoud Abbas, Mahmud Abbas, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, nationalism, NATO, Operation EUPHRATES SPRING, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, Persians, PLO, Pope, Pope Francis, Qatar, Qur’an, rabbis, Rafida, Rafidites, Roman Catholic Church, Second Intifada, shari’a, Syria, Taliban, terrorism, Turkey on October 24, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

The Islamic State’s Attack Reports and Ideological Focus in Al-Naba From June to October 2025

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 21 October 2025

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This entry was posted in Islamic Militancy, Islamic State Strategy, Islamic State Terrorist Attacks, Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abu al-Mughira al-Qahtani, Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Nabil al-Anbari, Abul-Mughirah al-Qahtani, Afghanistan, Africa, Ahl al-Kitab, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmed Abdi Ali, al-Bab, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Amaq News Agency, Antisemitism, apostates, atrocities, Badiya, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Boko Haram, Borno State, Burkina Faso, Burning of the Camps Campaign, Cabo Delgado, Cameroon, Christianity, Christians, da’wa, deen, Deir Ezzor, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Donald Trump, Egypt, Europe, Gaza War, General Qalyare, Ghouta, Ghouta chemical attack, global jihad, GRU, hajj, HAMAS, Hasaka, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, hijra, HTS, Iblis, ideology, IEDs, Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, ISCAP, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic State, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State West Africa Province, Islamism, Israel, ISWAP, Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam, Jews, jihad, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, jizya, KGB, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, massacres, missionaries, Mozambique, munafiqun, Muslims, muwahideen, nationalism, Niger, Nigeria, Operation Burning of the Camps, Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Palestine, Palestinians, People of the Book, Persians, PKK, pogroms, proselytism, Puntland, Rafida, Rafidites, Raqqa, Russia, Rwanda, Saddam Husayn, Sahel, SDF, sectarianism, Shi’a, Shi’is, Somalia, Syria, Syrian Badiya, Syrian Democratic Forces, Tabuk expedition, Taliban, Tawhid, terrorism, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Wagner, war crimes, Wissam al-Zubaydi, Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al-Zubaydi, Zionism, Zionists on October 21, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

California’s Wildfires and Sudan’s Civil War: Latest Islamic State Editorials

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 27 January 2025

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Abdul Qadir Mumin, Afghanistan, Africa, Al-Karrar, al-mulhidun, al-Naba, Antisemitism, assassination, atheism, Bilal-al-Sudani, Boko Haram, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Christianity, Christians, Communism, deen, Democratic Republic of the Congo, din, Gaza, Hell, Hemedti, Horn of Africa, ideology, Ikhwan, ISCAP, ISIS, ISKP, Islam, Islamic State, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State Sahel Province, Islamic State West Africa Province, Islamism, Israel, ISWAP, jahiliyya, Janjaweed, Jews, jihad, jihadism, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, monotheism, Mozambique, mujahideen, murji’a, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, Nigeria, North Kivu, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinians, PKK, Prophet Muhammad, Puntland, Qatar, Rapid Support Forces, RSF, SAF, Somalia, Sudan, Sudanese Armed Forces, Sudanese Civil War, Syria, Taliban, Tawhid, terrorism, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, wildfires on January 27, 2025 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.

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.

Islamic State Mocks the Losses of Iran and HAMAS

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 August 2024

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Africa, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Al-Qassam Brigades, Algeria, andad, Antisemitism, Anton Yelizarov, Ataturk, awthan, Axis of Resistance, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Benjamin Netanyahu, Crusaders, Druze, fitna, G.R. Hawting, Gerald Hawting, Grey Zone, Haman, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HUR, ICC, idolatry, International Criminal Court, Iran, IRGC, ISIS, Islam, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Izzadeen al-Qassam Brigades, jahiliyya, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Jewish Lobby, Jews, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, JNIM, Joint Operations Chamber, Lotus, Main Directorate of Intelligence, Mali, MBS, MBZ, military bloggers, Mohamed Salah al-Din al-Halim Zaidan, monotheism, Muhammad bin Salman, Muhammad Bin Zayed, Muhammad Saladin Zaydan, mushrikeen, mushrikun, nationalism, NATO, Nikita Fedyanin, paganism, pagans, Pharaoh, polytheism, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qatar, Qur’an, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Resistance Axis, Russia, Saif al-Adel, Saleh al-Arouri, Saleh al-Aruri, Sayf al-Adel, Sayf al-Adl, separatism, shirk, Sunnis, takfir, Taliban, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Telegram, Tuaregs, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Wagner Group on August 4, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

When England Made Assassination Central to Foreign Policy

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 April 2024

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This entry was posted in History and tagged Abraham Kicke, Act of Indemnity and Oblivion, Adrian Scrope, Algernon Sidney, Andrew White, Anglo-Dutch War, Armada, Arthur Haselrig, assassination, Augustine Garland, Blackamoor, Cavaliers, Charles I, Charles II, Clubmen, Commonwealth, Crusade, Daniel Axtell, Daniel Gookin, Danyell Gookin, Earl of Clarendon, Edmund Harvey, Edmund Ludlow, Edward Dendy, Edward Hyde, Edward Popham, Edward Whalley, Elizabeth I, England, English Civil Wars, espionage, execution, Farnley Wood Plot, Fenians, Fifth Monarchists, Fifth Monarchy Men, Francis Hacker, George Monck, Germaine Riordane, Gilbert Millington, Gregory Clement, Hardress Waller, Henry Bennet, Henry de Vic, Henry Ireton, Henry Marten, Henry Smith, Hugh Peter, Ian Paisley, Indemnity and Oblivion Act, Intelligence, IRA, Ireland, Irish Republican Army, Isaac Penington, Islamic militancy, Islamism, James II, James Nayler, James Temple, John Barkstead, John Bourchier, John Bradshaw, John Carew, John Cooke, John Downes, John Jones Maesygarnedd, John Lambert, John Lilburne, John Lisle, John Milton, John Okey, John Russell, kidnap, King Philip’s War, Leveller, Matthew Thomlinson, Miles Corbet, Netherlands, Nicholas Love, Oliver Cromwell, Parliament, Parliamentarians, Peter Temple, Protestantism, Quakers, Reformation, Regicides, rendition, Republic, republicanism, Restoration, Richard Cromwell, Richard Deane, Richard Ingoldsby, Robert Blake, Robert Lilburne, Robert Tichborne, Roman Catholic Church, Roundheads, Royalists, Samuel Pepys, Scotland, Second Commonwealth, sectarianism, Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard, Sir Francis Drake, Sir George Downing, Sir Joseph Williamson, spies, spy, Taliban, Thomas Danforth, Thomas Harrison, Thomas Pride, Thomas Scot, Thomas Waite, United Kingdom, Valentine Walton, Wars of the Three Kingdoms, William Constable, William Goffe, William Hewlett, Yorkshire Plot on April 30, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Making Sense of the Islamic State Attack in Russia

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 March 2024

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This entry was posted in Islamic State Terrorist Attacks, Russia and tagged 1999 Moscow Apartment bombings, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Alexei Navalny, apartment bombings, Austria, Crocus City Hall, Germany, Iran, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic State, Islamic State Khorasan Province, NATO, Russia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tajiks, Taliban, terrorism, Turkey, Vladimir Putin on March 26, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

An Islamic State ‘Distinguished Martyr’ Who Defected From the Taliban

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 March 2024

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Biographies, Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abdallah ibn Salam, Abdullah Azzam, Abu Malik al-Tamimi, Abu Malik al-Tamimi al-Najdi, Abu Mubashir, Abu Omar al-Khorasani, Abu Umar al-Khorasani, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Anas al-Nashwan, Arab conquests, Banu Qaynuqa tribe, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, caliphate, Christianity, Donald Trump, Hafiz Saeed Khan, Haji Rabbani, ideology, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic State, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Jews, Libya, mujahideen, Pakistan, Prophet Muhammad, sectarianism, Soviet Union, Taliban, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, terrorism, TTP, Zia ul-Haq on March 17, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

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