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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.

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.

The Worst Disinformation About Israel Comes From the “Most Credible” Sources

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 18 June 2024

This entry was posted in Israel and tagged Abdullah al-Jamal, academia, Ahmad al-Jamal, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, Benjamin Netanyahu, conspiracy theories, crimes against humanity, David Irving, disinformation, Gaza, genocide, HAMAS, Hannibal Directive, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Holocaust, hostages, Houthis, human rights activists, humanitarian organisations, IDF, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, international law, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Jews, Joe Biden, Lebanon, Mandate Palestine, media, Nazis, Nazism, NGO, NGOs, Noa Argamani, Nuseirat rescue operation, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Operation AL-AQSA FLOOD, Palestine Chronicle, Palestine Now, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinians, PIJ, political warfare, press, Shi’a militias, Soviet Union, Syria, terrorists, think tanks, totalitarianism, United Nations, UNRWA, war crimes, Yemen on June 18, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

“International Law” is a Dangerous Illusion

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 20 May 2024

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Israel and tagged African National Congress, Al-Qassam Brigades, ANC, Antisemitism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Charles Taylor, Christianity, crimes against humanity, Gaza, genocide, HAMAS, human rights, ICC, ICJ, ideology, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, international humanitarian law, international institutions, international law, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jews, Jugoslavija, Karim Khan, Laurent Gbagbo, Liberia, Mohammed Deif, NGO, Nuremberg Trials, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Omar al-Bashir, political warfare, proportionality, rape as a weapon of war, Rome Statute, Russia, Slobodan Milošević, South Africa, sovereignty, Soviet Union, Sudan, Ukraine, United Nations, Vladimir Putin, war crimes, World Court, Yahya Sinwar, Yoav Gallant, Yugoslavia, Zionism on May 20, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Manipulating the Gaza Casualty Figures is Central to HAMAS’ and Iran’s Strategy Against Israel

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 January 2024

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This entry was posted in Israel and tagged Ahli Hospital, Antisemitism, crimes against humanity, Dresden defence, Einsatzgruppen, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, genocide, GMO, Government Media Office, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Hizballah, human sacrifice strategy, ICJ, International Court of Justice, international law, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Jews, media bias, Nazis, OCHA, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, pogrom, political warfare, propaganda, public relations, Sami Abu Zuhri, UNHCR, United Nations, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, war crimes, Yahya Sinwar, Zionism on January 28, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

The “Genocide” Case Against Israel at the International Court of Justice is a Political Sham

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 27 January 2024

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This entry was posted in History, Israel and tagged active measures, Adolf Eichmann, African National Congress, ANC, Antisemitism, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, China, Communism, crimes against humanity, Cyril Ramaphosa, Dreyfus affair, Gaza, genocide, Genocide Convention, HAMAS, Holodomor, human rights, humanitarian aid, ICC, ICJ, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, international humanitarian law, international law, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Jeremy Corbyn, Jews, Khaled Mashal, Khaled Meshal, Khaled Qaddoumi, Kurt Waldheim, lawfare, Leonid Brezhnev, Moscow Trials, Muslims, Nazis, Nelson Mandela, Nuremberg Trials, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Omar al-Bashir, Palestine, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, political warfare, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Russia, Second World War, show trial, South Africa, Soviet Union, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Umar al-Bashir, United Nations, United States, UNRWA, Vladimir Putin, war crimes, World Court, Yemen on January 27, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

The Cold War Roots of the Media Fiasco Over Israel

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 October 2023

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel, Soviet Union and the Cold War and tagged academia, African National Congress, Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Al-Ahli Hospital, al-Jazeera, ANC, Antisemitism, atrocities, Barrack Obama, Black Lives Matter, CIA, Cinema Rex fire, Donald Trump, Edward Said, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, HAMAS, IDF, IRA, Iran Deal, Iranian Revolution, IRGC, Irish Republican Army, Islamic Resistance Movement, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israeli Defence Force, Jews, journalists, Kfar Aza kibbutz, KGB, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Lebanon, Mahmoud Abbas, Mahmud Abbas, Margot Haddad, Marxism, media, moral clarity, mostafeen, Munich Olympics, national liberation movements, Orientalism, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinians, PIJ, PKK, PLO, pogrom, propaganda, Ruhollah Khomeini, SAVAK, Shah, Sinn Fein, Soviet Union, terrorism, war crimes, ZAKA, Zionism on October 19, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Remembering Korea: The First “Hot War” of the Cold War

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 20 September 2023

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This entry was posted in History and tagged Adolf Hitler, Albania, Alger Hiss, Anthony Blunt, Antisemitism, atrocities, Australia, Baltics, Berlin Blockade, Britain, Brown Scare, Cambodia, Cambridge Five, Cambridge spies, CCP, Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese Communist Party, Cold War, COMINTERN, Communism, Containment Doctrine, counter-intelligence, Czechoslovakia, Dean Acheson, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Doctrine of Containment, Donald Maclean, Doolittle Report, Douglas MacArthur, DPRK, Dwight Eisenhower, East Germany, Estonia, Ethel Rosenberg, Europe, FDR, Finland, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Blake, Greece, Greek Civil War, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Guy Burgess, Harry Dexter White, Harry Hopkins, Harry Truman, Hiroshima, Holocaust, Hungary, ideology, Intelligence, Iran, Iron Curtain, Japan, Jews, John Cairncross, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Stalin, Jugoslavija, Julius Rosenberg, KGB, Kim Il Sung, Kim Philby, Klaus Fuchs, Korean War, Laos, Latvia, Laurence Duggan, Lee Beom-seok, Lithuania, Magnificent Five, MANHATTAN Project, Mao Zedong, Marshall Aid, Matthew Ridgway, McCarthyism, MGB, MI6, Nagasaki, National Security Agency, NATO, Nazis, NKVD, North Korea, NSA, Nuremberg Tribunal, Operation BARBAROSSA, Operation FIEND, Operation VALUABLE, Poland, Popular Front, Red Army, Red China, Republic of Korea, Second World War, Secret Intelligence Service, Shin Song-mo, SIS, South Korea, Soviet Union, Syngman Rhee, Turkey, United Nations, VALUABLE Project, VENONA, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Walton Walker, war crimes, William Weisband, Winston Churchill, Winter War, Workers’ Party of Korea, Yugoslavia on September 20, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

The Soviet Role and (the Lack of) “Justice” At Nuremberg

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 April 2023

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This entry was posted in History, Russia and tagged Adolf Eichmann, Adolf Hitler, Alfred Seidl, Andrey Vyshinsky, Aron Trainin, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan crisis, Baltics, Ben Ferencz, Bessarabia, Bolsheviks, Bolshevism, Boris Bazilevsky, Britain, Burdenko Report, Claus von Stauffenberg, colonialism, Communism, concentration camps, crimes against humanity, crimes against peace, Czechoslovakia, espionage, Estonia, Eugen Oberhauser, Europe, Finland, France, Francine Hirsch, Franklin Roosevelt, Friedrich Ahrens, Friedrich Gaus, General Melchett, Geoffrey Lawrence, Great Terror, GULAG, Guy Liddell, Hans Frank, Hans Fritzsche, Henry Morgenthau Jr., Hermann Göring, Hitler-Stalin Pact, Hjalmar Schacht, House of Commons, IADL, ICC, ICRC, IMT, Intelligence, intelligentsia, International Association of Democratic Lawyers, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Criminal Court, International Katyn Commission, international law, International Military Tribunal, Iona Nikitchenko, Iran, Iron Curtain, Jews, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Joseph Goebbels, Joseph Stalin, justice, Katyn massacre, Kharkov Trial, Korean War, Krasnodar Trial, Latvia, Leonid Raikhman, Lev Smirnov, Lithuania, Lubyanka, Marko Markov, MI5, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Moscow Trials, Munich Agreement, Nazi-Soviet Pact, Nazis, Nazism, Nikolai Zorya, Nikolay Burdenko, NKVD, Nuremberg Tribunal, Operation BARBAROSSA, Otto Stahmer, Poland, Red Army, Reinhard von Eichborn, Roman Rudenko, Rudolf Hess, Russia, Second World War, secret police, Secret Protocols, Sergei Kolesnikov, show trial, SMERSH, Solomon Lozovsky, Soviet Union, spies, Tatiana Stupnikova, Telford Taylor, Thomas Dodd, totalitarianism, Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Ukraine, United Nations, USSR, victor’s justice, Viktor Prozorovsky, war crimes, West Germany, Winston Churchill, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Yezhovshchina on April 11, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Christianity, the West, and Russia’s War on Ukraine

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 20 November 2022

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This entry was posted in Russia and tagged abortion, Aleksandr Dugin, autocracy, Azov Regiment, Bible, Bolsheviks, charity, China, Chinese Communist Party, Christianity, Communism, concentration camps, cults, Devil, divorce, Dmitri Medvedev, Donald Trump, Fifth Project, genocide, GULAG, GUR, Holy See, holy war, Hungary, ideology, Islam, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews, jihad, Joe Biden, Joseph Stalin, just war, Kyrylo Budanov, liberals, Main Directorate of Intelligence, Mikhail Vasiliev, Mitrokhin Archive, Muslims, NATO, NKVD, Novichok, Oleksiy Arestovych, Orthodox Christianity, Patriarch Kirill, philosophy, Poland, post-liberals, progressives, propaganda, Protestantism, Ramzan Kadyrov, Reform Baptists, religion, Roman Catholic Church, Russia, Russiagate, Russian Orthodox Church, Salisbury, Satan, secret police, sexual revolution, Soviet Union, Tucker Carlson, Ukraine, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Uniates, Uyghurs, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Visegrád Group, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Solovyov, Volodymyr Zelensky, war crimes, weapons of mass destruction, WMD, woke, wokeness, Zionists on November 20, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

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