By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The Iranian regime of theocracy, hangings and draconian dress codes for women already dominates the press for almost 80 million people in Iran. It already denies […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Two months ago we set off for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq. We spent time at various locations of the war effort, including a night […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Someone forwarded me an article today titled “Who is afraid of acceptance committees?” in which the author sought to allay “fears” of couples who are applying […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A recent controversy in Israel centered on a school in Tel Aviv. “Recently, Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai supported a move to shut down the school […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There’s a war on twitter. “I have been relentless [sic] harassed by OzKaterji & his pro-NFZ [no fly zone] trollmates over the past days,” wrote Max […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On August 24th Syrian rebel groups and the Turkish army rolled across the border into Jarabulus in an operation dubbed “Euphrates Shield.” The operation was aimed […]
Why John Kerry betrayed Syria’s Kurds, JFK and Woodrow Wilson in Geneva By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Speaking at a press conference in Geneva on August 26 US Secretary of State […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In the early hours of August 14th Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched an offensive on the Khazir and Gwer fronts aimed at liberating 11 villages from Islamic […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There has been a lot of talk about bad sportsmanship after a judo match at the Rio Olympics in which Egyptian athlete Islam el-Shahaby refused to […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Years ago I was invited to a conference about Bedouin in the Middle East. It was at a nice campus with nice professors and a nice […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 