Profiles on International Women’s Day
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Over the years it has been an honor to write about and speak to many inspiring women throughout the world, in honor of International Women’s Day […]
Tag Archives: Kurdish
Liberating the land: Seth J. Frantzman reports from the Mosul offensive
By Seth J. Frantzman On October 17, 2016 the Iraqi central government launched the long-awaited Mosul offensive. Thousands of Iraqi army soldiers from three units, the 9th Armored, the 16th […]
Photo essay: Kurds on the frontline against ISIS in Bashiqa
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 […]
Can the clusterf— of US policy in Syria today be unravelled
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 is Amnesty International blaming Kurds and excusing ISIS crimes?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Kurdish forces destroyed Arab homes” in Iraq, blared the headlines. They were acting on cue from the organization Amnesty International, which like Human Rights Watch, places […]
Kurdistan articles December 2015
In December of 2015 I went back to Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Regional Government. After a drive to Kirkuk I interviewed the police commander Sarhad Qadir and went to the […]
Kurdish liberation of Shingal
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post Magazine When I had visited Kurdistan in June, the liberation of Shingal was certainly on many people’s minds. Now the […]
Travel: Expanding Kurdistan horizons
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The men setting up a boom to hold lights for a stage below a giant plastic poster reading “#unite- 4heritage” […]
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