Actually there is oil in Syria
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 […]
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IRGC chief Salami tells tale of rural life
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 […]
Hezbollah: Foreign interference behind Lebanon protests
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 […]
“Fitna”: Iran and its allies in Iraq accuse the US, Israel, of being behind recent protests or “strife” in Iraq
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A wave of statements against the US by allies of the Popular Mobilitzation Units, Hadi al-Amiri and Iran portray the protests in Iraq, in which 200 […]
Amiri, Kata’ib Hezbollah blame US, Israel for Iraqi protests, Khazali vows revenge
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN *This article appeared in a slightly different form as ‘Iraq’s Pro-Iranian politician Amiri blames US-Israel for protests’ at The Jerusalem Post Hadi al-Amiri, the head of the […]
Why are there so many police involved shootings in Texas of unarmed black people in their own homes?
September 6, 2018: 26-year old Botham Jean was shot by a police officer in his own home because she thought it was her apartment. Reuters notes on October 1, 2019 that […]
Video and photo evidence of NATO’s Turkey-backed groups committing war crimes in Syria during offensive and operations Oct 6-23
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN NATO member Turkey has sent hundreds of far-right extremists that it recruited under the banner of the Syrian National Army to fight in Syria. It has […]
October 6, 2019 to October 13, 2019: The week the US pushed eastern Syria to destruction and Turkey, Assad came in
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A timeline of events in eastern Syria during the period the US announced a withdrawal and the time the SDF signed an agreement with Damascus. ALL […]
For those who say the US didn’t betray the Kurds and people in eastern Syria
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN For all the voices now in the US trying to justify Trump’s Syria policy, saying “the US didn’t abandon the Kurds and eastern Syria.” Ummm…when the […]
Notes and quotes on the eve of the invasion: Turkey, eastern Syria, the SDF and the US
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On the eve of Turkey’s threatened invasion of eastern Syria, accelerated by US President Donald Trump’s October 6 decision to turn over the anti-ISIS campaign to […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 