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Is Al-Qaeda Fifty Times Larger Now Than on 9/11?
Maybe. But the statistics going around do not prove that.
 • Kyle Orton
What HAMAS Did To Israel’s Hostages
The brutality of 7 October 2023 lasted two more years for many
 • Kyle Orton
Trump’s Campaign Against the International Criminal Court is Working
Giving credit where it is due.
 • Kyle Orton
The Iranian Opposition Seems to Have Decided on its Alternative to the Islamic Republic
Iranians are responding to the call of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Shah
 • Kyle Orton
Can We Support Regime Change Even If It Is Delivered by Donald Trump?
Maybe, if he actually delivers one
 • Kyle Orton
Weighing the Hope and Uncertainty over Ahmad al-Shara
Taking account of Al-Shara’s past while making policy for Syria’s future
 • Kyle Orton
Internal Files Show the 7 October Massacre in Israel Went Exactly As HAMAS Intended
Documents and Intercepted Communications Reveal HAMAS’s Plan to “End the Children of Israel”
 • Kyle Orton
Reckoning With the 7 October Pogrom
For All the Upheaval Since, Everything Still Turns on That Day
 • Kyle Orton
The United Nations Report Accusing Israel of “Genocide” is a Joke
HAMAS’s political warfare reaches the U.N.’s “human rights” body
 • Kyle Orton
Propaganda and the Press: The Information War Against Israel
Lessons From Two Recent Media Misadventures in Gaza
 • Kyle Orton
Iran’s Global Anti-Jewish Jihad Continues
The Meaning of Recent Events in Australia.
 • Kyle Orton
What Are the Russians Up To in Syria?
How the Russians are adapting to Bashar al-Asad’s fall.
 • Kyle Orton
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