By SETH J. FRANTZMAN What follows is a reading list about the April 15, 2020 incident in the Gulf in which 11 IRGC vessels harassed US ships. It presents a […]
An alleged airstrike on Albukamal (البوكمال) on September 9. How it unfolded in media provides lessons for media coverage and the role of social media. It also shows how information […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Just after midnight, in the first hours of Monday morning, loud explosions were heard in an around the Syrian town of Albukamal near the Iraqi border. […]
On Saturday evening Israel targeted an area southeast of Damascus in a strike that targeted Iranian Quds Force operatives, Sh’ite militias and drones. These three components are key to Iran’s […]
What was Iran thinking in trying to seize British tanker By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post, the post below has links to sources Sometimes Iran acts […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran Brigadier General Hossein Salami told a forum at the University of Damghan in Semnan province […]
The Arabic website Al-Jarida reported on July 21 that Israel will bomb Iraq and that it has obtained a list of Iranian targets. A PDF of the cover of the newspaper was […]
By Seth J. Frantzman The rapid and unprecedented fall of Kirkuk on October 16, 2017 will likely be remembered as a turning point in Kurdish history and perhaps Iraq’s history. […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN At 2:43am on March 17 warning sirens sounded in the Jordan Valley. Israelis and Jordanians were woken up by the sound of a loud boom that was […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 