You’d think the US would stand with Kurds, here’s why America won’t
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN After the shock of October 16th when the Iraqi army rolled into Kirkuk and Kurdish forces withdrew in disarray, many Kurdish voices on social media have […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN After the shock of October 16th when the Iraqi army rolled into Kirkuk and Kurdish forces withdrew in disarray, many Kurdish voices on social media have […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Recently a burly, loud, white man has been shouting at people in Israel and the West Bank. The first video I saw he was in Hebron […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In the wake of the unprecedented withdrawal of Peshmerga forces from Kirkuk and other disputed territories in the face of an offensive by Iraq security forces […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Renewed clashes at Altun Kupri between Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraqi Security Forces on October 20th led to more confusion in the ongoing crises that is reshaping […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In Forty-eight hours the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Iraqi Security Forces and Iranian-backed Shia militias have re-drawn northern Iraq. In a shocking reversal after three years […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The following are accounts I will update and collect as I see them of those who witnessed or participated in the fall of Kirkuk to Iraqi […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN After the rapid conquest of Kirkuk on October 16th there are reports that the Iraqi Security Forces and particularly the Hashd al-Shaabi or Shia militias, have […]
By Seth J. Frantzman The rapid and unprecedented fall of Kirkuk on October 16, 2017 will likely be remembered as a turning point in Kurdish history and perhaps Iraq’s history. […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A recent article says that two of the creators of the “like” button on Facebook have had a re-think. They now see it “as an ‘attention […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Every once in a while I see an article by someone from the West who is writing about the Kurdistan Regional Government, the autonomous region in […]