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Is the Supreme Leader in Control of the Islamic Revolution?
Assessing the status of Mojtaba Khamenei in Iran’s regime
May 12
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Kyle Orton
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Seymour Hersh Didn’t Change
Film Review: ‘Cover-Up’ (2025)
May 8
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Kyle Orton
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Islamic State Mocks Al-Qaeda’s Alliance with Tuareg Separatists in Mali
The editorial from Al-Naba 545
May 4
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Kyle Orton
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April 2026
The Tsardom and the Jews
Antisemitism was not an official policy of the Russian Imperial government
Apr 29
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Kyle Orton
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The Difference Between “Religion” and Islam
Some notes on the definition of ‘Deen’ and secularism in the Islamic world
Apr 26
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Kyle Orton
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Armenians and Academia
How scholarly consensus is made and what to make of it.
Apr 9
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Kyle Orton
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Britain’s Middle East Strategy is in Disarray
Some Notes on How to Course-Correct
Apr 2
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Kyle Orton
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March 2026
The Armenian Revolutionary Movement in the Ottoman Empire Up to 1915
The story of one of the first “national liberation” movements
Mar 31
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Kyle Orton
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Islamic State Says Al-Qaeda Has Become an Iranian Proxy
The main editorial of Al-Naba 536
Mar 25
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Kyle Orton
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Has Iranian Terrorism Come to Britain in Golders Green?
There is not much doubt what Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya is
Mar 24
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Kyle Orton
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The Islamic State Spokesman Admits Problems in Iraq and Syria, Indicates More Terrorism Coming in Europe
The fourth speech of Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari
Mar 23
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Kyle Orton
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Mostafa Chamran and the Other Islamic Revolution Network in Lebanon
Palestinians were not Ayatollah Khomeini’s only allies in Lebanon.
Mar 20
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Kyle Orton
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