“The Russians are coming” to the Golan?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “It is to be stressed that the nearest watch post is 13 kilometers far from the zone of separation between Israel and Syria near the Golan […]
Only 930 Germans joined ISIS and went to Iraq and Syria to genocide
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN After a German teenager was pulled from the rubble in Mosul light was shed on the contribution of German volunteers to Islamic State. According to reports […]
The endless excuses for European convert ISIS members
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Recently a woman alleged to be a German convert who became a “teenage ISIL bride” was pulled from the rubble of Mosul. “[She was] from the […]
Coexistence fails because so many support terrorism
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN It’s always surprising to see the code words through which murder is mainstreamed and normalized. “Armed struggle” was one of the old terms. Then there is […]
The privileged westerners who condemn Iraq for liberating Mosul from ISIS
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In June 2014 when ISIS rolled into Mosul many western media called them “insurgents.” Within a month they had expelled Christians from the city, ending 1,600 […]
Transcript of interview with Spokesman Col. Dillon about Tanf, Syria
By Seth J. Frantzman Transcript July 2, 2017 – Interview with Col. Ryan S. Dillon, spokesman for the Combine Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, US Central Command – […]
Trump didn’t visit Warsaw Ghetto, BUT past presidents who did visit DID NOT learn its lessons
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In a recent column Frank Bruni writes “Donald Trump has established a pattern of offending — or at the very least ignoring — Jews. The most […]
Reading between the lines: Ceasefire in southwest Syria, Israel, US and Russia
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN As the sun was setting over southern Syria on Friday, the Associated Press reported that its sources say a ceasefire in southwest Syria is in the […]
Thoughts on modern terrorism: Wealth, western supremacism and victims
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN We’re not supposed to acknowledge this, but support for terrorism and mass murder, especially mass murder of the innocent and the poor, is almost entirely a […]
No, Kurdistan would not be a “failed state”
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is an article making its rounds claiming an independent Kurdistan would be a “failed state.” It has been republished by Newsweek, the website eKurd, and the […]
