Tag Archives: terrorism

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

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 September 2022

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Islamic State Profiles a Young Iraqi Jihadist Killed During the Battle of Mosul

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 5 September 2022

Abu al-Zubayr al-Askari || Al-Naba 352, p. 9

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Islamic State Spokesman Counters “Accusations” Against the Group and Explains its Purpose in Syria

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 September 2022

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Islamic State Describes Running an Insurgency From the Syrian Desert

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 September 2022

Al-Naba 349, p. 8

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Africa Dominates Two Months of Islamic State Propaganda

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 31 August 2022

Islamic State fighters from Wilayat Sinai in Egypt || Al-Naba 348, p. 5

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“Socialism With A Human Face” Was Always Impossible

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 21 August 2022

It was on this day in 1968, fifty-four years ago, that the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia, one of its colonies in the “Warsaw Pact”, which had embarked on a program of liberalising reforms. The Czech leadership did not intend to depart from the socialist path, merely to soften its edges—and ran into the brute fact that this was not possible. Continue reading

The ‘Strategic Plan’ of the Islamic State

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 August 2022

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One Year On: The Ongoing Consequences of Abandoning Afghanistan

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 15 August 2022

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Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is Dead: Ramifications and Implications

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 2 August 2022

Osama bin Laden (L) sits with his adviser Ayman al-Zawahiri (R). Credit: Getty

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United Nations Report Finds Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Reduced, But Reviving

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 July 2022

Islamic State in Palmyra, December 2016

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