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Monthly Archives: September 2017

People who are afraid to set foot in Iraq, still think they know what’s best for it

September 28, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN It is always interesting to see the reaction of people, especially from the West, to those traveling to Iraq, whether to the Kurdish part or the […]

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A normal world would support Kurdish referendum, this is not a normal world

September 22, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On Thursday the UN Security Council voted unanimously to express concern about the Kurdish referendum scheduled for September 25. The UNSC “expressed concern over the potentially […]

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Everything you want to know about the Hawija operation, just launched

September 21, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Hawija, a town near Kirkuk in northern Iraq, was conquered by ISIS in June 2014.  It was home to around 150,000 people. It was a mostly […]

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7 US Senators just demanded Israel run the Kotel that the State Dept say isn’t in Israel

September 19, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On September 18th, seven US Senators sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This comes amidst a dispute over whether there should be an […]

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NEW IDEA: Settle refugees in Europe’s declining villages

September 18, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN According to a new article in the New York Times, Italian rural villages are in danger due to mass migration to urban centers over the last century. […]

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THREE KILOMETERS: That’s how close US and Russian forces are operating in Syria

September 17, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Before midnight on September 15th a Russian airstrike hit near where US-coalition supported Syrian Democratic Forces were operating east of the Euphrates river. According to a […]

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Hurdles and high hopes on the way to Kurdistan’s historic referendum

September 15, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN With the Kurdistan referendum in the Kurdish region of Iraq quickly approaching, many of the processes set in motion years ago, even decades or 100 years […]

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Why western commentators don’t understand the concept of “allies”

September 13, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Time and again we hear the refrain: We shouldn’t do policy X because it might force country Z into the “other” camp. A recent article says […]

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Covering the war in Ukraine, Donbass conflict 2017

September 9, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In early August I went to Ukraine to cover the Donbas conflict, which is stretching towards its fourth year. Ukraine is in some ways at the […]

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Everything you wanted to know about the airstrike on the Masyaf Syrian chemical weapons site

September 7, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By Seth J. Frantzman At 2:30 am on September 7th a Syrian government compound nestled near a hillside near Masyaf blew up. “It is no ordinary base,” writes Jack Moore […]

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