In a series of articles I covered the emerging Iran-US crises in late December 2019 and early January 2020. It came after many months of tensions going back tot May […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The latest Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) quarterly report on the status of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) includes 105 mentions of “Iran.” It covers the period of […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Just after noon on May 29th the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a mostly Shia group of militias that have been officially part of […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ISIS is being defeated in Iraq. As Mosul falls to the Iraqi security forces after six months of conflict, many pieces are falling into place in […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Saudi Arabia and the GCC launched airstrikes in the first hours of March 26 and have announced an intervention in Yemen. Updates of this development story […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 