US statements on SDF show attempt to avoid past commitments
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In a December statement US Secretary of Defense sought to portray the SDF as seeking a Kurdish state as a way for the US to […]
Everything you NEED to know about Iran’s Imam Ali base at Albukamal, Syria
Iran is building a base near Albukamal in Syria near the Iraqi border. The base was built next to a site occupied by Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi Shi’ite militia with […]
Text, source and analysis: Syria’s Assad gave an interview, what did he say and why?
Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Italian television, but it was not broadcast as Damascus wanted. So, SANA seems to have put the whole interview online. They […]
US breaks silence on rocket and mortar attacks near US bases in Iraq
The US broke six months of silence on the almost weekly attacks that have threatened US forces in Iraq. These have come amid Iran tensions but neither the US or […]
Iran has been sending missiles to Iraqi Shi’ite militias for two years: Background and BREAKING news
Two years of Iranian missile being sent to Iraq By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Iran has been transferring missiles and munitions via Iraq for years, including short-range ballistic missiles. The latest […]
After Al-Jazeera airs documentary on Israeli raid, Hamas brags
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Al-Jazeera ran a documentary looking at an Israeli operation in 2018 that didn’t go according to plan. Hamas is now celebrating what […]
Zarif meets Taliban and calls ‘Palestinian Islamic Jihad’; Iran’s two front policy
Two of my reports shed light on Iran’s “two front” strategy against the US and Israel. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif called the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and met the […]
WATCH Seth J. Frantzman’s new video about why 2015 was a pivotal year from his ‘After ISIS’ series
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I gave a talk at The Hebrew University’s Rothberg library today and discussed by book ‘After ISIS.’ I also looked at 2015 as a pivotal year […]
Iran ‘RISE UP’? Protests sweep Iran on November 15-16
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Iranian mobile networks appeared to go offline on Saturday night amid rising protests in Iran. Videos from across the country showed security forces firing tear gas, […]
Did Israel fight a 48 hour conflict in Gaza to stop a two-front war with pro-Iran proxies?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A version of this appeared at The Jerusalem Post on November 15 ‘On both the northern and southern fronts, the situation is tese and fragile and […]
