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Tag Archives: Islamic State

From Syria’s Suwayda massacre to Israel’s ‘Nation-State’ law: The Druze between rocks and hard places

August 2, 2018by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The last week of July and first days of August were momentous and difficult for Druze in Syria and Israel. On July 25 ISIS members attacks […]

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Prelude to genocide: Remembering the days before August 2014 and the Yazidi genocide

August 1, 2018by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN JERUSALEM, JUNE 2014 – In June 2014 ISIS attacked Camp Speicher in Iraq. The group captured more than 1,000 mostly Shi’ite cadets and systematically murdered them. […]

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We need to talk about #MeToo and ISIS crimes against Yazidis

November 8, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Lamiya Aji Bashar, the Yazidi human rights activist, recently spoke at the World Youth Forum in Sharm el-Sheikh. Her story, like so many others, is difficult […]

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Everything you want to know about the Hawija operation, just launched

September 21, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Hawija, a town near Kirkuk in northern Iraq, was conquered by ISIS in June 2014.  It was home to around 150,000 people. It was a mostly […]

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Defeating ISIS: Interviews with the US-led coalition by Seth Frantzman

August 29, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Over the last two years I have written about the war against Islamic State. This has involved numerous visits to northern Iraq to cover the battle […]

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The West refuses to see insurgents for what they are because of racism

June 24, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By Seth J. Frantzman The new Netflix war film War Machine is based on a book by Michael Hastings, the author whose expose brought down General Stanley McChrystal.  The opening scenes of […]

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Nadia Murad returns to Kocho: ISIS genocide, trauma and world’s failure

June 1, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Nadia Murad returned to the Yazidi village of Kocho on Thursday, June 1. The video (below) shows her exploring the village, it is harrowing, shocking, as […]

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Why aren’t “known wolves” stopped? Because there are 100,000+ of them

May 28, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Why wasn’t Salman Abedi stopped before the Manchester bombing? Many are asking this question and have pointed out he was a “known wolf.” People who he […]

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Swedish gov’s obsession with Israel is the new anti-semitism

May 7, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Sweden’s foreign minister Margot Wallström welcomed the latest UNESCO resolution condemning Israel’s actions in Jerusalem and describing Israel as occupying Jerusalem. More than that, Sweden was a […]

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Whaaaa – The NYT just published a column supporting ISIS in Syria?!

April 12, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The New York Times just published a column by Thomas Friedman (‘Why is Trump fighting ISIS in Syria’) that argues for supporting ISIS in Syria. Surely that […]

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