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A reading list of US-Iran Gulf tensions in light of the April 2020 IRGC fast boat incident

April 18, 2020by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

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 […]

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Anatomy of reports of an airstrike

September 9, 2019by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

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 […]

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September 9: Airstrikes at Albukamal?

September 9, 2019by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

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. […]

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The regional context of the August 24 airstrike on IRGC “Sh’ite militias and drones”

August 24, 2019by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

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 […]

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Why would Iran try to seize a UK tanker under the nose of the Royal Navy?

July 16, 2019by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

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 […]

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Iran IRGC brags about its “bases from Red Sea to Mediterranean”, suggests US will leave Iraq

November 9, 2018by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

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 […]

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Al-Jarida: “Israel will bomb Iraq, list of Iranian targets”

July 20, 2018by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

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 […]

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Many questions remain about Kirkuk debacle

October 16, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

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. […]

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Syria-Israel tensions and escalation: Airstrikes and background

March 17, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

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 […]

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