Tag Archives: Turkey

Turkey Tries to Exploit the Latest “Blasphemy” Controversy in Sweden

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 January 2023

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Afghanistan, China, and the Memory of Fallujah: The Propaganda Focus of the Islamic State

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 December 2022

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

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 December 2022

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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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The Shah’s Perspective on the Islamic Revolution That Toppled Him

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 October 2022

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

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 September 2022

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

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 September 2022

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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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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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The Islamic State is Taking Advantage of the Mess in Northern Syria

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 July 2022

The United States announced on 12 July that it had killed the Islamic State’s (ISIS) governor of Syria in a drone strike in the village of Galtan in the Jinderes district of the north-western Syrian province of Efrin on the border with Turkey. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) statement identified the slain man as “Maher al-Agal”, though a more precise transliteration is Maher al-Aqal (ماهر العقال). Riding on the motorcycle alongside Al-Aqal when he was killed was a “senior ISIS official” with whom he was “closely associated”. This ISIS official was “seriously injured during the strike”, CENTCOM notes, adding that the Jinderes strike caused no civilian casualties. Continue reading