A despicable act by Tehran’s far-right regime: The Maedeh Hojabri case
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 […]
Berlin: 8 detained in alleged anti-semitic attack
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 […]
New article on Shammar tribe in Iraq at Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis
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 […]
The June 18 airstrike on Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah in Syria has been blamed on Israel, here’s how it unfolded
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 […]
How the Holocaust became a cliche-ridden talking point in US immigration debate
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 […]
Notes on our world: Migration, authoritarianism and wealth bubbles
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I’m thirty-seven years old. That means I was born in 1980 and grew up in the 1990s. It means my formative years were that turn of […]
Is the US deploying in Sinjar (Shingal)? If so, why? A look at the emerging reports
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On August 7, 2014 US president Barack Obama authorized operations to confront Islamic State after ISIS assaulted Yazidis near Sinjar and began a genocide of the […]
The new anti-evangelicalism, scapegoating, evangelicals, the Trump era and Israel
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is a lot of talk about evangelicals and Trump these days in America. Most of it accuses a lobby of “evangelicals” who somehow guide the […]
Will Iran really be kept out of southern Syria: A history of rumors
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Russia agrees to keep Iran out of southern Syria? We’ve heard this story before. It emerged again on May 28th as it appeared that a crises […]
Attacks on Kurds at refugee camp in Greece raises disturbing questions
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On Friday May 25 reports emerged that “Six people were injured after violent fights between migrants at the Moria registration center on Lesvos.” The first reports were in Lesvosnews.gr and […]
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