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The Alawi Massacres in Syria: A Blip or a Rubicon?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 March 2025

This entry was posted in Foreign Travel, Syria and tagged Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, al-Qaeda, Alawis, Alawites, barrel bombs, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Christianity, Christians, Coastal Shield Forces, economy, ethnic cleansing, European Union, foreign fighters, General Security Service, Ghaith Dala, Gnosticism, GSS), Hafez al-Asad, Hafez al-Assad, Hama massacre, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, Imam Ali, Iran, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jableh, jihadism, jihadists, Latakia, Military Council to Free Syria, Miqdad Fatiha, Musa al-Sadr, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, Neoplatonism, Nusayris, Ottoman Empire, Ottomans, Prophet Muhammad, Republican Guards, Russia, Sanctions, sectarianism, Shi’a, SNA, Sunnis, Syria, Syrian National Army, taqiya, Tartous, Tartus, theology, Trinity, Turkey, United States, war crimes on March 17, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Visiting Post-Revolutionary Syria

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 March 2025

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This entry was posted in Foreign Travel, Syria and tagged Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, Al-Hamidiyah Souq, al-Qaeda, Alawis, Alawites, Aleppo, Amin Dakaev, Bahur Chamntoub, Bakhour Chamntoub, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Chechnya, Christianity, Christians, coronavirus, COVID-19, Damascus, Druze, economy, Farah al-Atassi, foreign fighters, Fourth Division, Hamidiya Souq, Harun, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HTS, Idlib, Ignatius Aphrem II, Iran, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jews, jihadism, jihadists, Kurds, Maher al-Assad, National Dialogue Conference, Nusayris, Patriarch of Antioch, refugees, Russia, Sanctions, sectarianism, shari’a, SNA, Syria, Syriac Orthodox Christianity, Syrian National Army, Tacitus, Turkey, Umayyad Mosque, Umayyad Square on March 12, 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.

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.

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.

Advocacy Journalism Has Been a Problem for Ages: Looking Back at Bosnia

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Bosnia, Iran, Islamic Militancy and tagged activism, Adnan Jahić, advocacy journalism, AKP, al-Qaeda, Alija Izetbegović, Arkan, Asim Blekić, assassination, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Çetin Doğan, Balyoz, Bill Clinton, Borislav Herak, Bosnian civil war, Bošniaks, Branko Veleć, Britain, Caco, Captive Nations, China, Christiane Amanpour, CNN, Communism, Counterintelligence Service, crimes against humanity, Croatia, Croats, cult, Dani Rodrik, Deep State, Douglas Hurd, Ed Vulliamy, El-Mudžahid Brigade, Ergenekon, ethnic cleansing, Ettela’at, Eve-Ann Prentice, false flags, fascism, Fethullah Gülen, Fikret Muslimović, Franjo Tudjman, Franjo Tuđman, genocide, Greater Serbia, HAMAS, Handschar Division, Hasan Čengić, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Hizmet Hareketi, Hizmet movement, ICTY, Imad Mughniya, Imad Mughniyeh, international aid, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, international law, Iran, Iranian Intelligence Ministry, IRGC, Islam, Islamic Declaration, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, jihadism, jihadists, JNA, Josip Broz Tito, journalism, Jugoslav National Army, Jugoslavija, Juka Prazina, Juka’s Wolves, Justice and Development Party, Jusuf Prazina, Kasim Blekić, Kemalism, Kemalists, Khaled Sheikh Muhammad, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, KOS, Koševo Hospital, Kravica massacre, Krso Ramiz, Larks, League of Communists, Lewis MacKenzie, Lisbon Agreement, Macedonia, Mate Boban, media, Mirsad Tokača, Montenegro, Muhammad Amin al-Husayni, Muslims, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Mušan Topalović, Naser Orić, nationalism, NATO, Nazis, Nedžad Ugljen, New York Times, Nikola Gardović, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Odred el-Mudžahid, Omarska, Operation DESERT STORM, Operation FRAME, Operation STORM, Orthodox Christians, Osama bin Laden, Ottoman Empire, pan-Islamism, Party of Democratic Action, Patriotic League, political warfare, PR, propaganda, public relations, Radovan Karadžić, Ramiz Delalić, rape as a weapon of war, Ratko Mladić, Rebecca West, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, religion, Renate Flottau, Republic of Serbian Krajina, Republika Srpska, Risto Pustivuk, Roman Catholics, Samantha Power, Sandžak, SDA, secret police, secularism, Sefer Halilović, Senad Avdić, Serbia, Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbs, Seventh Muslim Brigade, Sledgehammer, Slobodan Milošević, Slobodna Bosna, Slovenia, Soviet Union, Srebrenica Massacre, Sretko Damjanović, SS, State Department, strategic messaging, Third Balkan War, Third World Relief Agency, Trnopolje, Turkey, United Nations, United States, Usama bin Laden, VEVAK, Vojislav Šešelj, war crimes, war rape, Young Muslims, Yugoslavia, Zvornik, Ševe, Željko Ražnatović, Ćelo on October 26, 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.

The Progress of the Islamic State’s New Foreign Terrorism Campaign

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 27 August 2024

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This entry was posted in Islamic Militancy, Islamic State Terrorist Attacks and tagged Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, al-Naba, Amaq News Agency, Anis Amri, Antisemitism, Australia, Austria, Baghuz, caliphate, Christianity, Crocus City Hall, Dagestan, Germany, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Ibrahim Boudina, ideology, India, IRA, Iran, Irish Republican Army, ISIS, ISKP, Islam, Islamic Revolution, Islamic State, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Israel, Issa al-Hasan, Jews, jihadism, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, lone wolf, lone wolves, Mar Mari Emmanuel, Mehdi Nemmouche, Mohamed Abu Dhess, Mohammad Daleel, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine, Palestinians, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Riaz Khan Ahmadzai, Russia, Safia Schmitter, Salafism, sectarianism, Sikhism, Solingen, Stephen Paddock, Syria, Taha Falaha, Tajikistan, Tajiks, Tawhid cell, terrorism, Tunisia, Turkey on August 27, 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.

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