What did US know about Turkey’s Syria invasion plans? By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Almost a month after the momentous phone call that led US President Donald Trump to decide to […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The more I read about the “US betrayed Kurds,” I don’t think it’s betrayal; I think it was calculated primarily at the State Department by Pompeo […]
TASS reports that the Syrian regime is annoyed about Trump’s oil decision to stay in Syria: “America has been defeated in Syria, so US President Donald Trump’s words sound like […]
Speaking in Iran the IRGC chief Salami has said rural life is full of may decent qualities and reminded people of his own uprbinging. Speaking in Estehard, he said “I […]
Echoing Iran state media, Hadi al-Amiri, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Qais Khazali, and other pro-Iran voices, Hezbollah says the protests in Lebanon over the past weeks were due to US and […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 