The Iran deal was pure genius…by Iran’s policymakers
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On October 1 Human Rights Watch published a report claiming that Iran was recruiting children to fight in Syria. I had written about this in March, […]
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The questions people must ask about the Weinstein scandal and Hollywood’s rape culture
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN It was “an open secret to many in Hollywood and beyond,” writes Ronan Farrow in the new piece at The New Yorker on revelations about the Harvey Weinstein […]
Reporting on the Kurdistan independence referendum by Seth J. Frantzman
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On September 25 millions of residents of the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq turned out to vote in an independence referendum. It had been months […]
People who are afraid to set foot in Iraq, still think they know what’s best for it
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN It is always interesting to see the reaction of people, especially from the West, to those traveling to Iraq, whether to the Kurdish part or the […]
A normal world would support Kurdish referendum, this is not a normal world
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On Thursday the UN Security Council voted unanimously to express concern about the Kurdish referendum scheduled for September 25. The UNSC “expressed concern over the potentially […]
Everything you want to know about the Hawija operation, just launched
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Hawija, a town near Kirkuk in northern Iraq, was conquered by ISIS in June 2014. It was home to around 150,000 people. It was a mostly […]
7 US Senators just demanded Israel run the Kotel that the State Dept say isn’t in Israel
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On September 18th, seven US Senators sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This comes amidst a dispute over whether there should be an […]
NEW IDEA: Settle refugees in Europe’s declining villages
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN According to a new article in the New York Times, Italian rural villages are in danger due to mass migration to urban centers over the last century. […]
THREE KILOMETERS: That’s how close US and Russian forces are operating in Syria
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Before midnight on September 15th a Russian airstrike hit near where US-coalition supported Syrian Democratic Forces were operating east of the Euphrates river. According to a […]
Hurdles and high hopes on the way to Kurdistan’s historic referendum
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN With the Kurdistan referendum in the Kurdish region of Iraq quickly approaching, many of the processes set in motion years ago, even decades or 100 years […]
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