Why western commentators don’t understand the concept of “allies”
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
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 […]
Everything you wanted to know about the airstrike on the Masyaf Syrian chemical weapons site
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 […]
“European civilization” isn’t “dying”, it already died in 1942
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A new article gives us the familiar bell-ringing. “European civilization is dying” is the refrain. It is threatened by migration, demographics and Islamist extremism. The author […]
Did Rex Tillerson disappear for a weekend during major crises?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Robbie Gramer, a reporter for Foreign Policy has been searching for US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. On September 5 he tweeted; “It’s kind of telling that […]
Why does media deny religion role in ISIS but castigate “Buddhist terror”?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In 2013 ‘Time’ Magazine ran a cover describing the “face of Buddhist terror.” The same Magazine in 2014 when discussing Islamic State atrocities claimed “ISIS is […]
Inside every predictable Israeli news cycle
By Seth J. Frantzman Israel is entering the period before Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish new year. With the new year coming the country once again has to suffer through, and […]
Politico, and other US media give themselves black eye with “heelsgate”
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In a tweet they have now deleted, Politico claimed “there was no acknowledgement from the White House that the first lady’s storm attire was at all […]
Transcript of interview about Tal Afar offensive with Lt Col Downing
Interview by Seth J. Frantzman August 27th, 2017 I conducted an interview for coverage of the liberation of Tal Afar, one of two articles I wrote on the operations. […]
Defeating ISIS: Interviews with the US-led coalition by Seth Frantzman
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Over the last two years I have written about the war against Islamic State. This has involved numerous visits to northern Iraq to cover the battle […]
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