By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Jordan confirmed Saturday that it would allow 800 Syrians transit via Jordan to three western countries. Of particular interest is that these are specified as members […]
The Arabic website Al-Jarida reported on July 21 that Israel will bomb Iraq and that it has obtained a list of Iranian targets. A PDF of the cover of the newspaper was […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Recently a non-profit educational organization that I help run sought to promote some of its reports on Facebook. Initially there was good response. Videos and links […]
Once again Israel is debating a “nation state” bill and provisions about communities being established for certain groups. This usually is about anchoring the 1,000 or so acceptance committees in […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In mid-June the Syrian regime and its Russian allies as well as Iranian-backed militias launched a major offensive to defeat the Syrian rebels in southern Syria. […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN These are my thoughts, posted upon learning that a woman was prosecuted for the “crime” of dancing in Iran. What I despise most of all about […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Welt reports that eight were arrested in Berlin for an Anti-semitic attack. The report on July 8 notes: “Eight men were arrested in Berlin after an anti-Semitic […]
By Seth J. Frantzman A new article at The Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis looks at attacks by ISIS on the Shammar tribe in Iraq in June. It […]
Breaking: Mystery surrounds overnight airstrikes on pro-Syrian regime fighters June 18, 0800 hours Jerusalem time After Syrian regime blamed US and US denied the attacks, questions remain over who carried […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Forty percent of Americans don’t know what Auschwitz was and two-thirds of younger Americans do not know about the genocidal Nazi concentration camp, a survey released […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 